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After a federal judge's ruling will likely limit operations at the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center, executive director of "Friends of the Everglades" Eve Samples discusses what may come next.

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams on Thursday ordered the DeSantis administration to shutter the controversial detention center in the Florida Everglades known as Alligator Alcatraz within 60 days, ruling in a lawsuit brought on by environmental groups against the state and federal government.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing ahead with plans for a controversial immigrant-detention center in the Everglades despite a federal judge’s order to begin dismantling parts of the facility.

Judge Williams issued a preliminary injunction Aug. 21, saying the Trump administration should pack up Alligator Alcatraz and leave the Everglades.

Environmental groups that sued to halt the construction of Alligator Alcatraz say they are prepared to take their challenge all the way to the Supreme Court.

The answer could play a key role in a legal battle over the facility’s fate. And it has bigger implications, too.

A group of congressional Democrats is pushing officials at the DHS for more information about the use of the immigration detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz."