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.

Alina Habba, the acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, knocked Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Thursday, after a federal judge ruled she lacks the authority to serve as the Garden State’s top federal prosecutor. “No. 1, I was the nominee to become the U.S. attorney. And [Democratic New Jersey Sens.] Cory Booker and Andy Kim…

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