A lower court judge had previously ordered that the detention centre be dismantled and said no new migrants should be brought in
A US appeal court ruled on Thursday that a Florida migrant detention centre known as “Alligator Alcatraz” can remain open for now.
A lower court judge had barred the Trump administration and Florida officials last month from bringing any new migrants to the facility and for much of the site to be dismantled, effectively shutting it down.
But a three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that the detention centre can remain open while a Trump administration appeal of the shutdown order is being heard.
Friends of the Everglades and the Centre for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit arguing that the facility threatens the sensitive Everglades wetlands ecosystem and was hastily built without the legally required environmental impact studies.
