Nearly two months after the hasty and controversial birth of “Alligator Alcatraz,” a federal judge has slammed the brakes on the operation, ruling that no more detainees can be housed at the remote migrant detention camp deep in the marshy wetlands of the Everglades.

A federal judge has halted further expansion of the immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Florida Everglades.

Donald Trump’s Alligator Alcatraz migrant detainment camp must be closed down, a judge has ruled. A ruling from US District Judge Kathleen Williams citing environmental concerns bans new migrants from being moved to the detention camp.