White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about a judge ordering the ceasing of operations at the ICE facility dubbed Alligator Alcatraz in Florida.
00:00Topic, alligator Alcatraz. Last week, a judge on an environmental concerns lawsuit said that the administration had 60 days to wind down operations there, state officials did.
00:10Now, the administration has not been shy in fighting back against what it calls activist judges, but why is it backing down this time?
00:18We're not backing down. We've always said that we are going to continue to fight in the court of law for what's right,
00:22because we know that what this administration is doing with respect to all policy but also immigration policy is above the books and we're abiding by our nation's immigration laws.
00:33And we think it's despicable that an activist judge has inserted themselves in this migrant detention facility to the point where DHS is now having to relocate these illegal immigrants to other detention facilities around the country.
00:46That is an unnecessary burden on the Department of Homeland Security and these agents who should be removing these criminals from our community.
00:56That's what the American people elected this president to do.
00:58So we've always maintained, Gabe, we're going to comply with court orders, but we're also going to fight back on them on the merits of the law.
01:04And DHS is in compliance while we disagree with this decision and we'll continue to fight it in court.
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