MIAMI — The immigration detention center in Florida's Everglades that officials have dubbed " Alligator Alcatraz " soon will hold no detainees.

In an email sent to a South Florida rabbi inquiring about serving as a chaplain at the facility, the director of Florida's Department of Emergency Management, Kevin Guthrie, replied, "We are probably going to be down to 0 individuals within a few days."

Asked Wednesday about the declining population at the detention center , Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis said, "I do think they've increased the pace of the removals from there."

In a ruling issued last week, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams ordered Florida and the Trump administration to stop bringing new detainees to the facility and wind down operations there within 60 days.

The judge issued

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