TALLAHASSEE — A top Florida official suggested last week that Alligator Alcatraz could be empty in a matter of days, even as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration and the federal government fight a judge’s order to shutter the controversial Everglades immigrant detention facility by late October.

That’s according to an email exchange shared with The Associated Press.

In a message sent to South Florida Rabbi Mario Rojzman on Aug. 22 related to providing chaplaincy services at the facility, Florida Division of Emergency Management Executive Director Kevin Guthrie said “we are probably going to be down to 0 individuals within a few days.”

Rojzman, and the executive assistant who sent the original email to Guthrie, both confirmed the authenticity of the messages to the AP on Wednesda

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