FILE - Work progresses on a new migrant detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Florida Everglades, on July 4, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
FILE – Work progresses on a new migrant detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Florida Everglades, on July 4, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Miami has refused to pause her order requiring the winding down of the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” while the federal government appeals her ruling.

FILE - A protester stands outside the migrant detention dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Facility, July 12, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Alexandra Rodriguez, file)
FILE – A protester stands outside the migrant detention dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Facility, July 12, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Alexandra Rodriguez, file)(AP Photo/Alexandra Rodriguez, file)
FILE - This image from a video feed shows Gov. Ron DeSantis speaking about deportation flights from the remote Everglades immigration lockup known as "Alligator Alcatraz″ on July 25, 2025 in Ochopee, Florida. (Office Of Florida Governor Ron Desantis via AP, file)
FILE – This image from a video feed shows Gov. Ron DeSantis speaking about deportation flights from the remote Everglades immigration lockup known as "Alligator Alcatraz″ on July 25, 2025 in Ochopee, Florida. (Office Of Florida Governor Ron Desantis via AP, file)(Office Of Florida Governor Ron Desantis via AP, file)