'We're going to continue': MAGA attorney general vows to defy 'Alligator Alcatraz' order

A MAGA attorney general is openly defying a court order to close a federal immigration detention center in their state.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier told a local news outlet that he plans to continue operating the facility, known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The facility is located in the Florida Everglades and was named because the property is surrounded by alligator nests and poisonous snakes.

"We’re going to continue operating the facility,” Uthmeier told news outlet WINK. “We believe that it’s a fully lawful facility. This is an effort by environmentalists, by the left, by Democrats and by honestly this judge, to stall our immigration enforcement efforts.”

A federal judge recently ordered Florida officials to stop operating the facility because it had not gone through the appropriate review process. The judge ruled that the state must undergo an environmental review of the property before it can continue operating.

Even if the facility is shut down, Uthmeier said Florida's assistance in President Donald Trump's deportation activities will continue.

"We've already got other facilities ready to turn on in a moment's notice," Uthmeier said. The governor announced the Deportation Depot a couple of weeks ago. That's an old jail that's ready for use. And then we've got a couple other sites that could also house detainees."

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