(VIDEO) Karoline Leavitt Says Trump Administration “Not Backing Down” on Alligator Alcatraz After Obama Judge Orders Closure

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Tuesday that the Trump Administration still plans to use Alligator Alcatraz despite the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) already taking steps to move detainees somewhere else in compliance with a judge’s order.“DHS is in compliance while we disagree with this decision, and we’ll continue to fight it in court,” she explained.An appeal of the ruling is ongoing.Florida’s Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport has been equipped to house illegal aliens in a detention center, informally known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”The facility, which opened earlier this year at the direction of Governor Ron DeSantis, is surrounded by Florida’s natural defenses, including alligators, pythons, and dense swampland in the Florida Everglades.The Gateway Pundit reported that a federal judge halted construction on the facility, citing environmental violations, and barred the Trump administration from bringing illegal aliens to be detained.The judge further ordered the facility to be dismantled within 60 days.“No later than sixty (60) days from the date of this order, and once the population attrition allows for safe implementation of this Order,40 the Defendants shall remove 1) the temporary fencing installed by Defendants to allow Tribe members access to the site consistent with the access they enjoyed before the erection of the detention camp; 2) the Sunbelt lighting fixtures and any additional lighting installed for the use of the property as a detention facility; and 3) all generators, gas, sewage, and other waste and waste receptacles that were installed to support this project,” the judge ordered.NEW: Alligator Alcatraz to be Emptied Out in a Few Days After Obama Judge Orders Facility to be Dismantled/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i