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Fla., is appealing an order from a federal to close the mass detention facility colloquially known as "Alligator Alcatraz" within 60 days.

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,