US EditionTrump administration accuses judge of defying Supreme Court with South Sudan flight
- The Trump administration filed a motion at the Supreme Court seeking clarification on a decision lifting restrictions on deportations to 'third countries.'
- Judge Murphy stated that he did not believe the Supreme Court blocked his order preventing deportations to South Sudan.
- The Trump administration accused the judge of defying the Supreme Court for halting deportations of migrants from a U.S. military base in Djibouti.
- Justice Sonia Sotomayor criticized the Trump administration's immigration policies and claimed the court was 'rewarding lawlessness' in its emergency appeal.
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Trump Administration's Legal Clash Over South Sudan Deportations
The Trump administration is embroiled in a legal battle with a federal judge and the Supreme Court over the deportation of migrants to South Sudan. The Justice Department accuses U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy of defying a Supreme Court decision that supports the administration's third-country deportation policy.
Administration presented a motion after Supreme to interrupt an order from a lower court that allows immigrants to respond to shipments to countries where they were at risk of adopting rapid deportations.
Trump administration accuses judge of defying Supreme Court in deportation fight
President Donald Trump's administration accused a federal judge on Tuesday of defying the U.S. Supreme Court's authority, escalating a fight over a group of eight migrants who it had sought to rapidly deport to politically unstable South Sudan.
The Billings Gazette
President wants court to OK S. Sudan flights
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to clear the way for the deportation of several immigrants to South Sudan, a war-ravaged country where they have no ties.
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