Florida plans to resume taking in immigrants at a controversial detention center in the Everglades if an appeals court pauses a judge's order that required winding down operations at the facility, a new court filing says.

The filing Tuesday came after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said last week it had stopped sending detainees to the facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” because of a preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams.

Speculation about the future of the facility also has been fueled by an Associated Press report last week about an email exchange between state Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie and a South Florida rabbi. Guthrie said during the exchange, “We are probably going to be down to 0 individuals within a few d

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