on September 4, 2025 at 9:22 pm The Florida immigration detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz can stay open after a federal appeals court put on hold a decision that would have seen much of the facility dismantled Victoria AlbertBy aumnamaah@gmail.com / September 4, 2025 An appeals-court ruling puts on hold a lower-court decision that would have dismantled much of the facility.