The DeSantis administration immediately challenged the ruling in a filing with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

A US judge has ordered that the immigration detention centre in the Florida Everglades be shut within two months.

Federal judge orders facility to wind down operations, citing environmental protection and decades of conservation efforts in the sensitive ecosystem.

Judge Williams issued a preliminary injunction Aug. 21, saying the Trump administration should pack up Alligator Alcatraz and leave the Everglades.

The pythons, after escaping or being dumped from the illegal exotic pet trade, have reproduced in staggering numbers in Florida's Everglades wetlands over the last few decades. Officials estimate that the region currently holds up to 300,000 pythons.

As a wildfire continues burning through the Everglades west of Broward County, residents and tourists shared their thoughts on the growing flames, which have now burned more than twice the size of Disney World. Angelina De Ridder is visiting Florida from the Netherlands. She told CBS News Miami that this is the first wildfire she's driven through.