Alligator Alcatraz shows why NEPA needs reform

No one was surprised when yet another progressive federal district court substituted its own judgment for that of the president of the United States regarding immigration policy and halted use and ordered dismantling of the so-called Alligator Alcatraz for the housing of illegal aliens in Florida.

Fortunately, earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit intervened, allowed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to use the facility, and stayed the lower court’s edict pending a final ruling sometime in the months ahead. What may surprise the casual observer is the basis for the holding of the Florida federal district court: the National Environmental Policy Act.