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US completes deportation of 8 men to South Sudan after weeks of legal wrangling

SOUTH SUDAN, JUL 5 – The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 to allow deportation of eight convicted migrants to South Sudan despite human rights concerns and prior lower court blocks on due process grounds.

  • On Friday, just before midnight EST, eight migrants held for weeks at a U.S. military base in Djibouti were flown to and released in South Sudan under the Trump administration.
  • This followed a prolonged legal fight including a lower court blocking deportations over due process concerns and a Supreme Court order lifting those limits Thursday.
  • The individuals removed to South Sudan originate from several countries including Cuba, Mexico, and others in Southeast Asia and Africa; all were convicted of serious offenses, and their situation remains unclear due to the ongoing instability in South Sudan.
  • Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin described the deportations as a triumph for the protection and well-being of U.S. citizens on Independence Day, while critics condemned the actions as harsh and unconstitutional.
  • The case highlights a key political and legal battle over immigration, with courts limiting then enabling deportations to politically unstable third countries like South Sudan.
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The Government of South Sudan, one of the most unstable and poor countries in Africa, confirmed on Wednesday the arrival on Saturday of eight migrants expelled from U.S. territory by the Donald Trump Administration and who had previously been held since the end of May at a Washington military base in another African country, Djibouti. Of those eight migrants, all men, only one is South Sudanese. The rest are from distant countries, Asia and Lati…

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The American government is looking for third countries to enforce the mass deportations announced by Donald Trump, with countries such as Syria, Libya and South Sudan on the list.

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Japan Today broke the news in Sakado, Japan on Saturday, July 5, 2025.
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