But the state’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has a backup plan, and Donald Trump’s administration claims that a federal judge’s order to temporarily shut down parts of the facility — which could become permanent — will not halt the president’s aggressive anti-immigration agenda.

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis fired back after a federal judge ordered a two-week stop to construction at Alligator Alcatraz — the controversial immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades critics say is rife with unsafe and inhumane living conditions — as she weighs claims that environmental laws are being violated.