Washington DC, Sept. 5 -- An immigration detention centre in the Florida Everglades can remain open, and the government can resume sending detainees there, after a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday against a lower court's decision effectively shutting down the facility, The New York Times reported.

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta granted the state and federal governments' petition to pause the ruling by a federal judge in Miami last month. Under that ruling, no additional detainees could be sent to the centre known as Alligator Alcatraz, and much of it had to be dismantled within 60 days.

The latest ruling was a victory for Florida officials, who pushed the boundaries of traditional i...