MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WDNews) – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has filed an amicus brief supporting Florida in its legal battle to preserve the detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”
The 22-state brief, filed in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, asks the court to stay a federal judge’s preliminary injunction that would require Florida to dismantle the facility.
“Florida, and our law enforcement community, urgently need this critical detention facility to house the most dangerous illegal immigrants. In a shocking decision, a district court judge declared that states must comply with federal environmental reporting requirements that apply only to the federal government. Worse, the court ordered Florida to halt further construction of the facility and tear it down,” stated Attorney General Marshall. “But Congress did not give federal courts the authority to intrude on these issues of law and order. The States’ authority to ensure public safety must not be held hostage to judicial overreach.”…