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Judge warns US deportations to South Sudan may breach court order

created: May 21, 2025, 2:06 a.m. | updated: May 21, 2025, 9:07 p.m.

Judge warns US deportations to South Sudan may breach court order19 hours ago Share Save Ali Abbas Ahmadi BBC News Share SaveGetty ImagesA federal judge has warned that US President Donald Trump's administration could be held in contempt of court for deporting a group of migrants to South Sudan. In an emergency submission to the judge, immigration attorneys said a flight carrying a dozen people had landed in South Sudan on Tuesday. But the justice department lawyer, Elianis Perez, said that one of the migrants, who is Burmese, had been returned to Myanmar, not South Sudan. After reports surfaced that some migrants were going to be sent to Libya, Judge Murphy said any such move would violate his ruling. Watch: Homeland Security Secretary is asked what "habeas corpus" means during a Senate hearing

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