Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday hit back against a federal judge’s order to dismantle Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center, saying the state will press forward with President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda despite the legal setback, Politico reported.

Florida is moving ahead with its immigration crackdown even as a federal court ordered the state to shutter one of its most visible detention centers, pending appeal.

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, an Obama-era appointee, ruled Thursday that the Everglades-based facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” must be dismantled within 60 days, citing environmental concerns. The order, which effectively blesses an ecological attack on the facility, requires the state to remove fencing, lighting and generators, effectively ending the center’s operations.

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