The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to freeze a Boston judge’s order that gives migrants bound for South Sudan a chance to contest their deportation, even after exhausting appeals in the United States.
Last week, U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy criticized the White House for sending eight migrants from Cuba, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar, Vietnam and South Sudan into danger without meaningful hearings.
He found the administration unquestionably violated his directive and noted that the migrants had less than 16 hours’ notice — mostly overnight — to prepare or contact a lawyer.
Rather than return them to the U.S. for due process hearings, Murphy offered to hold proceedings in Djibouti while the migrants remained in U.S. government custody after being rerouted through Africa.
Now, the administration argues that overseas hearings impose dangerous logistical challenges. The case highlights the Trump administration’s strategy of leaning on developing countries like El Salvador and Panama to absorb deportees the U.S. cannot repatriate.
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