A federal judge on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction halting further expansion of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator

The federal judge sided with environmental groups who had said the facility is endangering the Everglades and its wildlife.

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction to halt expansion of an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”