Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit in a South Florida federal court on Friday over the immigration detention center under construction in the Everglades that has been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”

They later filed a motion for expedited relief, seeking entry of a temporary restraining order by July 1.

The environmental groups complain the plan has not gone through any environmental review as required under federal law, and that the public has not had an opportunity to comment.

“The site is more than 96% wetlands, surrounded by the Big Cypress National Preserve, and is habitat for the endangered Florida Panther and other iconic species,” said Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades. “The scheme is not only cruel, it threatens the Everglades ecosystem that state and federal taxpayers have spent billions to protect.”