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Un centro de detención para migrantes y un aire irrespirable en pleno corazón de la industria azucarera de la Florida

New research documents widespread environmental and human rights concerns at Glades County Detention Center

Una nueva investigación documenta preocupaciones generales respecto al medio ambiente y derechos humanos en el Centro de Detención del Condado de Glades

El colectivo de organizaciones plantea que las privatizadoras no han mejorado el servicio ni abaratado los costos además de mostrar alta incapacidad en el uso de fondos federales disponibles para mejorar la red eléctrica

Las agencias estatales y federales han estado ocultando información para evitar cumplir con la ley ambiental federal

Florida and federal agencies have been withholding information to avoid complying with federal environmental law

Tania Galloni, Managing Attorney, Florida Office: “We now know that the federal and state government had records confirming that they closely partnered on this facility from the beginning but failed to disclose them to the district court. They cannot continue to evade responsibility for what they’ve done to the Everglades.”

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 27 and Eleventh Circuit Rule 27-1, Appellees Friends of the Everglades and Center for Biological Diversity respectfully renew their motion for leave to file a single consolidated Answer Brief, in response to separate Opening Briefs filed by Appellants Florida Department of Emergency Management and Appellants Federal Agencies.

Pursuant to Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 10(e)(2) and 27, Plaintiff-Appellees Friends of the Everglades, Inc., and Center for Biological Diversity hereby respectfully move to supplement the record on appeal with evidence of material facts that were known to, but undisclosed by, Appellants, prior to the preliminary injunction that is the subject of this appeal.

Tania Galloni, Managing Attorney, Florida Office: “The writing has been on the wall from the start. It is an avenue that the agencies right now are trying to dance around in a way to avoid liability for environment, for complying with environmental law.”

Los contribuyentes tienen el derecho legal de ver las inversiones que se hacen con su dinero

Taxpayers have a legal right to see where their money is spent

Friends of the Everglades filed suit against the Florida Division of Emergency Management because the agency is spending millions of taxpayer dollars on a mass immigration detention center in the Everglades without disclosing financial arrangements with the federal government. The failure to disclose those records violates Florida’s Government-in-the-Sunshine Act, which requires agencies to make official records available to the public.

Debido a que se están utilizando fondos de FEMA para el centro de detención de Everglades, la ley exige que se realice una evaluación ambiental federal para proteger la fauna silvestre en peligro de extinción

Los grupos conservacionistas continuarán luchando contra la apelación de los demandados federales y estatales contra la orden judicial preliminar en la corte de apelaciones

Florida and the Trump administration have been ramming through the construction of an immigration detention facility within the Florida Everglades, the largest mangrove ecosystem in the Western Hemisphere.

Orden cautelar por jueza federal, con respecto al centro ubicado en los Everglades

Decision means the facility must wind down operations in an orderly fashion within 60 days