Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is undeterred and vowed to continue deportations after a federal judge issued a temporary injunction to halt operations at Alligator Alcatraz. Judge Kathleen Williams, an Obama appointee, ruled that no new illegal alien detainees can be brought in to Alligator Alcatraz. In addition, she has barred further construction and given orders for many parts of the facility to be dismantled within 60 days. BREAKING: Obama Judge BLOCKS New Detainees, Orders Alligator Alcatraz to Be TORN DOWN! “We knew this would likely happen, and we will respond accordingly,” DeSantis said, according to The Hill. “We knew this judge was not giving us a fair shake. We totally expected an adverse ruling. We also knew we were going to immediately appeal," he added. FOX EXCLUSIVE: I spoke with @GovRonDeSantis seconds after the ruling was issued. “We knew this judge was not giving us a fair shake. We totally expected an adverse ruling. We also knew we were going to immediately appeal.” @FoxNews https://t.co/mSnM52lT5i — Danamarie McNicholl (@Danamariemctv) August 22, 2025 More from The Hill: In her 82-page ruling, Williams said the project creates “irreparable harm in the form of habitat loss and increased mortality to endangered species in the area.” Alligator Alcatraz also prevents Miccosukee Tribe members from accessing the land. However, despite judicial pushback citing reason for pause, DeSantis said he would fight the ruling. “We’re not going to be deterred. We’re totally in the right on this. But I would also note, because of the success of Alligator Alcatraz, there’s demand for more,” the Florida governor told reporters. “So, I did announce that we are going to be opening another facility right outside of Jacksonville in Baker County, and we’ve called that the Deportation Depot.” The second site is expected to hold 2,000 people upon completion. DeSantis announced Baker Correctional Institution, a state prison about 43 miles west of downtown Jacksonville, Fla., would be revamped for federal immigration enforcement last week. Despite the ruling, DeSantis aims to increase immigration operations in the Sunshine State. "This is a win for the environment," said Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida member Betty Osecola, according to The News-Press. "And though the preliminary injunction was issued, we still need to take a stand to continue this fight because we know very well the state and the federal government are going to continue in their efforts in appealing this decision," Osecola added. Watch DeSantis' comments below: BREAKING: Governor Ron DeSantis just announced the deportations WILL CONTINUE at Alligator Alcatraz after an activist judge ordered they start shutting the facility down. "We're not gonna be deterred. We're totally in the right on this." "We are gonna be opening ANOTHER… pic.twitter.com/kVwx4YrnQn — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 22, 2025 The News-Press noted: Earlier Aug. 22, Alex Lanfranconi, the governor's communications director, released a statement: “The deportations will continue until morale improves.” The ruling stems from a June 27 lawsuit filed by Friends of the Everglades, the Center for Biological Diversity, and joined by the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida. The defendants in the case include the Florida Division of Emergency Management, the Department of Homeland Security, ICE, and Miami-Dade County. "So, let's celebrate this win today, but let's stay determined for that fight for the long haul," Osceola said.

President Trump blasted Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) for his refusal to overturn the Senate’s “blue slip” tradition that allows home-state senators to veto nominees to district courts and U.S. attorneys’ offices. According to Fox News, Grassley said the practice is worth preserving for balance and state input. “I have a Constitutional Right to appoint Judges and U.S. Attorneys, but that RIGHT has been completely taken away from me in States that have just one Democrat United States Senator. This is because of an old and outdated ‘custom’ known as a BLUE SLIP, that Senator Chuck Grassley, of the Great State of Iowa, refuses to overturn, even though the Democrats, including Crooked Joe Biden (Twice!), have done so on numerous occasions,” Trump said on Truth Social. “Therefore, the only candidates that I can get confirmed for these most important positions are, believe it or not, Democrats! Chuck Grassley should allow strong Republican candidates to ascend to these very vital and powerful roles, and tell the Democrats, as they often tell us, to go to H***!” he added. Read the full post: Fox News has more: Blue slips are a long-standing tradition but are not a codified law, and constitutionally he is only allowed the power to nominate while the Senate ultimately approves or rejects that nomination. Trump’s frustration with the Senate’s blue slip practice isn’t new. In July, Trump called the tradition a “hoax” and a “scam” used by Democrats to block his nominees and demanded that Grassley stop supporting them. “Put simply, the president of the United States will never be permitted to appoint the person of his choice because of an ancient, and probably unconstitutional, ‘CUSTOM,’” his post said. In his first term, Trump was able to appoint 234 federal judges, including three Supreme Court justices and 54 appellate court judges. However, this term he has only confirmed five in the first seven months. Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba blamed Sens. Grassley and Tillis for blocking her confirmation. “In the state of New Jersey in June alone, we arrested over 300 criminals, illegals, and rapists. What is so bad about that work?” Habba said. “I would say to Sen. Tillis and Sen. Grassley: You are becoming part of the issue. You are becoming part of the antithesis of what we fought for four years,” she added. Check it out: BREAKING: Acting US Attorney Alina Habba just SLAMMED Thom Tillis and Chuck Grassley for blocking her confirmation "I would say to Sen. Tillis and Sen. Grassley: YOU are becoming part of the issue. YOU are becoming part of the antithesis of what we fought for FOUR YEARS!"… pic.twitter.com/T5diuwqElG — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 24, 2025 The Hill provided further info: Trump last month was forced to withdraw the nomination of his former defense lawyer, Alina Habba, to serve as a federal prosecutor in New Jersey after the state’s Democratic senators, Cory Booker and Andy Kim, opposed her nomination. Traditionally, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s chairs haven’t proceeded on federal district-level judicial and prosecutorial nominees unless both senators representing the state where those districts are located return blue-slip documents signing off on the nominees. On Thursday, a federal judge ruled that Habba has been unlawfully serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor since July 24, when her 120-day period expired for her to serve as U.S. attorney in an interim capacity. In response, Habba took aim at Grassley, along with Booker and Kim, for abiding by the “blue slip” tradition. “No. 1, I was the nominee to become the U.S. attorney. And Cory Booker and Andy Kim — who I have never, to this day, spoken to in my life, despite my attempts to meet them — have truly, truly done us a disservice,” Habba said during an appearance on Fox News’s “Hannity.” “And frankly, same with Sen. Grassley by holding up a traditional blue slip, not a law, and not allowing a lot of the president’s picks to go through and be voted on by Senate,” she told host Sean Hannity. “I didn’t even get to that point.”

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