State officials told vendors at the facility to prepare for a breakdown of the tented camp beginning next month
Attorney Paul Schwiep, who represents the groups, said the legal fight would continue even if the camp closed.
“While it is welcome news that people will no longer be inhumanely confined at this facility, the damage caused by this reckless and ill-conceived endeavor cannot simply be abandoned and forgotten,” he said.
“This project was recklessly advanced without any meaningful regard for the remote, environmentally sensitive and ecologically fragile landscape in which it was imposed. The fencing, lighting, paving and other infrastructure – all constructed without environmental permits, review, or analysis – must be removed, and any lingering harm remediated.”
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