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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.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) responded Friday to a state judge’s ruling ordering his administration to dismantle operations at Alligator Alcatraz, an immigration detention center in the Everglades. “We knew this would likely happen,