A federal judge has ordered a two-week pause on further construction at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center while she weighs claims that the project violates U.S. environmental law. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams issued the temporary restraining order from the bench on Thursday in Miami, barring additional paving, lighting, fencing or other work until at least Aug. 12. Facility operations and the holding of detainees may continue during the injunction. The lawsuit, filed by Friends of the Everglades, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Miccosukee Tribe, argues that state and federal officials failed to conduct the environmental review required under the National Environmental Policy Act. Plaintiffs say the complex threatens sensitive wetlands and endangered species in the Everglades and could undo years of restoration work. Built on a remote airstrip 37 miles west of Miami, the state-run center opened in early July and already houses about 900 immigration detainees. Florida has appropriated roughly $245 million for the facility and is expanding it toward a planned 3,000-bed capacity, even as federal immigration enforcement agencies use the site. The judge said she would issue a written order soon and set additional hearings for mid-August to consider a broader preliminary injunction. The Florida Division of Emergency Management, which oversees the project, and the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately comment on the ruling.