Sonam Sheth is an Evening Politics Editor at Newsweek who is based in New York. She joined Newsweek in 2024 and previously worked at Business Insider and CNBC. Sonam has extensive experience covering national security, foreign policy, elections, and stories at the intersection of law and politics. Her work has been cited in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, and others. She has also frequently appeared on national television and radio, including MSNBC, NBC News, BBC World News, BBC News radio, and more. You can get in touch with Sonam at s.sheth@newsweek.com. Languages: English, Hindi, and French.
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A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to construction at a detention center built in the middle of the Everglades in Florida and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by the Trump administration and its allies.
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams ruled that the detention facility can continue to operate and hold people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement but that workers constructing the detention center cannot do any work on building it for the next two weeks while legal arguments continue to play out.
Williams’ ruling temporarily blocking new construction on “Alligator Alcatraz” comes as environmental groups argue that the detention facility violates environmental laws.
What People Are Saying
Nick Sortor, a pro-Trump political commentator, derided Williams’ ruling, writing on X: “YOU’VE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME. Activist judges are doing literally ANYTHING to block deportations. START IMPEACHING,@HOUSEGOP!”
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Workers install a sign reading “Alligator Alcatraz” at the entrance to a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, as large fencing panels are unloaded from a nearby flatbed, Thursday, July 3,… Workers install a sign reading “Alligator Alcatraz” at the entrance to a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, as large fencing panels are unloaded from a nearby flatbed, Thursday, July 3, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla.
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