Some stories tell you everything you need to know about where this country’s priorities have gone sideways — and this is one of them. A federal judge, appointed by none other than Barack Obama, has just ordered construction halted at Florida’s remote migrant detention facility — nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz” — because, apparently, the most urgent threat to America right now is… the feelings of endangered species in the Everglades.
Yes, you read that right. Not the cartels moving people and fentanyl across the border. Not the chaos Biden left behind that Trump is now trying to clean up. No, what’s keeping the courts busy is whether 30 square miles of swampland might suffer the trauma of a few more paved areas to house people who shouldn’t even be here in the first place.
Judge Kathleen M. Williams — who owes her lifetime gig to Obama — decided the construction pause will last at least 14 days. ICE can keep operating there, but no new filling, paving, or infrastructure. Translation: Florida can still deport illegal migrants… for now. Just don’t you dare add a driveway or another tent, because the wetlands might get offended.
Did any Democrat activist judge pretend to care about “the environment” when Biden imported 20 million illegal immigrants across our Southern border?
Now Miami Obama Judge Kathleen Williams pretends building a detention center for 1,000 will irreparably harm the environment?
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— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) August 8, 2025
Governor Ron DeSantis didn’t waste time pointing out that the detention center remains open and deportations are continuing. In his words: “operations at Alligator Alcatraz are ongoing.” And they should be. The place was built in eight days — a rapid response to the flood of illegal migrants pouring into the state — and was designed to eventually hold 4,000 detainees. That’s 4,000 people not disappearing into the shadows of Miami, Tampa, or Orlando.
But here come the environmental groups, arm-in-arm with the Miccosukee Tribe, claiming that the detention facility threatens “billions of dollars” in environmental restoration. Never mind that the facility sits on the site of an old airport — land that’s been developed for years. Never mind that this swampland isn’t exactly an untouched paradise. The plaintiffs want operations shut down entirely, using the National Environmental Policy Act as their weapon of choice.
BREAKING: Kathleen Williams, an Obama-appointed US District Judge, issued an order to HALT any further expansion at Alligator Alcatraz detention facility in Florida. pic.twitter.com/3kHIxIq5wY
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 7, 2025
The state’s attorney, Jesse Panuccio, countered that this is a Florida operation, not a federal one, so NEPA doesn’t apply. The plaintiffs’ response? Immigration is a federal issue, so the state doesn’t get a free pass. It’s the kind of legal hair-splitting that keeps activist lawyers in business while border chaos burns on.
Trump’s Department of Homeland Security didn’t hold back either. Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin blasted the lawsuit as “another attempt to prevent the president from fulfilling the American people’s mandate for mass deportations.” And she’s right. The same activists who never once filed an emergency motion to stop Biden’s open-border disaster are suddenly warriors for “process” and “habitat preservation” the second an actual enforcement effort gains traction.
Let’s be clear: this isn’t about wetlands. It’s about stopping Florida — and by extension, Trump — from making good on a promise to secure the border and remove illegal migrants. The judge’s “pause” is just a courtroom speed bump for a project that terrifies the left, because it works.
🚨BREAKING: Federal U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams *Appointed by Barack Obama* halts expansion at Trump admin’s Alligator Alcatraz pic.twitter.com/EYU6o3wEr3
— michelle selaty (@michelle_selaty) August 7, 2025
If you want to know how serious Washington’s activist class is about fixing the border, just look at what gets them into court. Spoiler alert: it’s not cartel violence, drug trafficking, or the strain on American communities. It’s a detention center in a swamp — because God forbid the alligators feel uncomfortable while America tries to save itself.
