<h2 class="topline-heading">Topline</h2><p>The migrant detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” can remain open, an appellate court ruled Thursday, pausing a lower court’s order to <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/08/22/federal-judge-orders-alligator-alcatraz-to-be-shut-down-within-60-days-no-new-detainees/" target="_self" class="color-link" title="https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/08/22/federal-judge-orders-alligator-alcatraz-to-be-shut-down-within-60-days-no-new-detainees/" data-ga-track="InternalLink:https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/08/22/federal-judge-orders-alligator-alcatraz-to-be-shut-down-within-60-days-no-new-detainees/" aria-label="cease operations">cease operations</a> and scoring a win for President Donald Trump’s mass deportation goals.</p><figure class="embed-base image-embed embed-0" role="presentation"><div class="image-embed__placeholder"><img src="https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/68b9f46004a3f1b412932e55/US-POLITICS-MIGRATION-RIGHTS-RELIGION/960x0.jpg?cropX1=0&amp;cropX2=2383&amp;cropY1=0&amp;cropY2=1589" alt="US-POLITICS-MIGRATION-RIGHTS-RELIGION" width="100%" height="auto"></div><div style="--article-bg-color:#faf3f1"><div class="bMqrj"><div class="Jp--BF7-"><span style="-webkit-line-clamp:2" class="Ccg9Ib-7 _8XF2kHYM">The appellate court decision was issued Thursday. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) </span></div><small class="pGGCM2aD">AFP via Getty Images</small></div></div></figure>

<div class="key-facts-element"><p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca11.92709/gov.uscourts.ca11.92709.42.1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="color-link" title="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca11.92709/gov.uscourts.ca11.92709.42.1.pdf" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca11.92709/gov.uscourts.ca11.92709.42.1.pdf" aria-label="granted">granted</a> a motion from the Department of Homeland Security to pause the order calling for the shutdown of the facility.</p></div><div class="key-facts-element"><p>The ruling allows the facility to continue operations as DHS fights a lawsuit filed by multiple environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe.</p></div>

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The detention center is one of several facilities the Trump administration is introducing to accommodate the president’s mass deportation agenda.{ai:summary}<p>The Eleventh Circuit paused a lower-court order to shutter the migrant facility nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” keeping it open as DHS appeals.</p><p>DHS sought the pause as environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe sue over the facility.

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Alligator Alcatraz: Court Allows Migrant Detention Facility To Stay Open

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