A federal judge is ordering the Trump administration and Florida to effectively wind down operations at the immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz."

The answer could play a key role in a legal battle over the facility’s fate. And it has bigger implications, too.

The findings raise questions about the DeSantis administration’s vetting of the companies that received Alligator Alcatraz contracts.

A US federal judge has ordered the effective closure of “Alligator Alcatraz”, a migrant detention centre in the Florida Everglades. Its name reflects the local wildlife of alligators, crocodiles and pythons that live in the surrounding wetlands.

The injunction orders that construction be paused and bans officials from bringing additional people to the Everglades immigrant detention facility.