ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing a funding dilemma over the immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” built in the Florida Everglades.

Last week, an appellate court panel temporarily blocked a lower court decision ordering the governor's administration to wind down operations at the facility.

But the ruling sets up a predicament: The state can either pass up federal reimbursement for hundreds of millions of dollars spent to build and operate the facility, or take the money and face an environmental review, which would risk halting the center’s operations.

That’s because a majority of the three-judge appellate panel decided for the time being that the facility doesn't have to undergo a federally required environmental impact study normally needed to

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