Florida's top emergency official says a lawsuit to stop an immigration detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz in the Everglades was filed in the wrong court. Kevin Guthrie, head of Florida’s Division of Emergency Management, says the case belongs in the state’s middle district, not in the southern district where Miami-Dade County is located. Environmental groups filed the lawsuit last month, claiming the project violates environmental laws. Critics call the center harmful to wetlands and inhumane, while state officials defend it as part of immigration enforcement efforts. A virtual hearing on the case took place Monday.
