00:00Now at 11, Governor Ron DeSantis says the state will appeal a judge's order that could lead to the shutdown
00:05of Alligator Alcatraz.
00:08Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight. I'm Elliot Rodriguez.
00:11And I'm Lauren Pastrana. The ruling also prohibits bringing in new detainees.
00:16CBS News Miami's Ted Scoutin talked to a man who was held at the detention center.
00:21We spoke to a former detainee from here at Alligator Alcatraz who is now at a facility in Texas.
00:25He said he agrees with the judge's ruling that could eventually shut down the facility.
00:30Jose Castro is a dad, a brother, a husband, and now an ICE detainee who spent two weeks at Alligator
00:36Alcatraz
00:37before being moved to a similar facility in El Paso, Texas.
00:44It's a bad experience.
00:46From the facility in Texas, we spoke to Castro.
00:48He said federal judge Kathleen Williams' ruling ordering no new detainees in two months to clear out the current population
00:54was the right decision.
00:56He said he's 100 percent happy and he thinks it's a good decision that they're closing it because they're not
01:04equipped to care for human beings there.
01:06Castro says he was stopped by police for a broken light on his car that was in July.
01:10He says he's been under TPS status from Honduras since 1997 and his life is here.
01:16We've been married. We have two kids that were born here. I'm an American citizen. We have a business.
01:28His wife, Tanya Lambor, says that since he was at Alligator Alcatraz, he's developed medical problems and is not getting
01:34proper treatment.
01:35His feet are all swollen, so they got so swollen to the point where he's in a wheelchair and he
01:44can't walk.
01:44And his hands are also all swollen up.
01:48Miami-Dade Mayor Daniela Levine-Cava applauded the judge's ruling standing outside the Everglades facility.
01:53We are standing here today with a ruling from a judge who was courageous enough to say this was not
02:00right.
02:00Governor Ron DeSantis said Judge Williams is an activist making policy from the bench.
02:05This was not something that was unexpected. This is a judge that was not going to give us a fair
02:10shake.
02:11Governor DeSantis is appealing that judge's ruling.
02:14From the Everglades, Ted Scalton, CBS News, Miami.
02:17And we reached out to the state this evening for a response.
02:20They referred us to the governor's news conference this morning, which we covered.
02:23He said the judge's ruling will not deter their efforts.
02:27We also reached out to ICE after hours tonight. We have not heard back.
02:31We've wanted back.
02:31He said the judge's ruling will not deter who we will not deter time.
