US EditionUS completes deportation of 8 men to South Sudan after weeks of legal wrangling
- 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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Trump administration deports eight criminal migrants to South Sudan - Washington Examiner
The Trump administration deported eight migrants convicted of various crimes to South Sudan after weeks of legal back-and-forth between district courts, the Justice Department, and ultimately the Supreme Court, which twice ruled the deportations could take place. At around 8:30 p.m. Eastern time on July 4, a military plane carrying the eight migrants departed the U.S. military base in Djibouti, where they were held as the deportation effort was …
According to the Trump administration, these eight men have been convicted of violent crimes. Only one is from this African country where the UN fears the resumption of the civil war.
The United States has deported eight migrants from Asian and Latin American countries to South Sudan. The men had been transferred from the U.S. to Djibouti, Africa, more than a month ago, where they were being held at a U.S. military base. Attempts by their lawyers to prevent their deportation to politically unstable South Sudan were defeated this week when the Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. government has the right to deport people who pose…
The 8 immigrants are convicted of crimes and were expelled by the U.S. government to South Sudan after a legal battle
After legal tug-of-war, Washington has deported eight men to South Sudan – only one of them comes from there. The US Department of Domestic Protection hails the expulsion of the "sick figures".
A resolution by the U.S. Supreme Court paves the way for deportations to third countries. After weeks at a U.S. military base in Djibouti, eight migrants are flown to South Sudan. Only one comes from the country, the other comes from Myanmar, Vietnam, Mexico, Cuba and Laos.
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