A federal judge is ordering the Trump administration and Florida to effectively wind down operations at the immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz."

A US federal judge has ordered the effective closure of “Alligator Alcatraz”, a migrant detention centre in the Florida Everglades. Its name reflects the local wildlife of alligators, crocodiles and pythons that live in the surrounding wetlands.

A federal judge has put a stop to further expansion of the immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz," ordering that its operations wind down within two months.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) responded Friday to a state judge’s ruling ordering his administration to dismantle operations at Alligator Alcatraz, an immigration detention center in the Everglades. “We knew this would likely happen,

The findings raise questions about the DeSantis administration’s vetting of the companies that received Alligator Alcatraz contracts.