Judge putting environment on public safety

 Red State:

As we reported, an Obama appointee, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, issued an order stopping the expansion of the illegal alien detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" and bringing in any new detainees. The main argument against the facility appeared to be environmental.

Within 60 days, “and once the population attrition allows for safe implementation of this Order,” the facility must also remove “all generators, gas, sewage, and other waste and waste receptacles that were installed to support this project,” the 82-page ruling said.

Florida immediately filed an appeal. 

A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, Tricia McLaughlin, said in a statement that the ruling "ignores the fact that this land has already been developed for a decade. It is another attempt to prevent the President from fulfilling the American people’s mandate to remove the worst of the worst including gang members, murderers, pedophiles, terrorists, and rapists from our country."

"This activist judge doesn’t care about the invasion of our country facilitated by the Biden administration, but the American people do," McLaughlin said. "We have the law, the facts, and common sense on our side.”

However, as our sister site Twitchy reported, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stood strong, saying that they would continue to carry out their mission. He said the ruling was not unexpected, and he termed the judge an "activist judge," and said the decision was "pre-ordained." 

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It is hard to make the case that this should be an environmental issue.  The state of Florida must not be prohibited from ensuring the safety of its citizens.  The environment has easily survived facilities that make life attainable.