MIAMI— Environmental groups will host a virtual press conference Tuesday about threats posed by the proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center under construction in Florida’s Everglades, and their federal lawsuit filed to halt it. Trump is scheduled to tour the site at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

The proposed detention center, which could hold thousands of people detained by federal agencies, has had zero required environmental review. It poses a grave risk to endangered species and the health of the Everglades. The environmental groups are suing to protect the Everglades from this massive project.

What: Virtual press conference on planned I.C.E detention center in the Everglades.

When: 3:30 p.m. ET, Tuesday, July 1, 2025.

Where: Virtual press conference via Zoom.

Who: Representatives of Friends of the Everglades, Center for Biological Diversity, co-plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit, Earthjustice and their legal counsel.

Background

The Everglades is the largest mangrove ecosystem in the Western Hemisphere, the largest continuous stand of sawgrass prairie and the most significant breeding ground for wading birds in North America. In 2010 it was designated as an endangered UNESCO World Heritage site.

On June 27 Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity, represented by Scott Hiaasen, Paul Schwiep, Earthjustice and Center attorneys sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Florida Division of Emergency Management, and Miami-Dade County to stop the project.