A federal judge ruled Wednesday that deporting noncitizens to Libya without due process would violate his existing court

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Source: ABC News

May 7, 2025, 5:13 PM


A federal judge ruled Wednesday that deporting noncitizens to Libya without due process would violate his existing court order, after sources said the White House has discussed such plans.

Lawyers representing a group of migrants filed an emergency motion seeking to prevent their deportation to Libya or Saudi Arabia, citing both press reports and firsthand accounts from migrants who alleged they were actively being prepared for removal to Libya or Saudi Arabia on military aircraft.

Sending noncitizens to Libya or Saudi Arabia without giving them a chance to raise concerns about their safety "blatantly defies this Court's preliminary injunctions," lawyers representing the migrants argued in an emergency motion filed in federal court in Boston, where U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy last month issued a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from deporting noncitizens to any country other than their place of origin without due process.
MORE: Judge blocks administration from deporting noncitizens to 3rd countries without due process

In his order Wednesday, Judge Murphy clarified that any "allegedly imminent removals" to a country like Libya or Saudi Arabia would violate the preliminary injunction he issued last month.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-deporting-migrants-libya-violate-order/story?id=121567596

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Just breaking.

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1. Dayum.... that was quick.

[marble falls]

2. Can we just allow Mango T. Jebus to be rendered to Libya?

[Marthe48]

5. Just have him rendered

N/t

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3. Swiftly deporting migrants to Libya would violate court order, US judge rules

This was a fast response.

Swiftly deporting migrants to Libya would violate court order, US judge rules
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— ZoeyJones (@zoeyjones.bsky.social) 2025-05-07T22:56:06.614Z

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-may-soon-deport-migrants-libya-military-flight-sources-say-2025-05-07/

WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge said any effort by the Trump administration to deport migrants to Libya would clearly violate a prior court order barring officials from swiftly deporting migrants to countries other than their own without first weighing whether they risk persecution or torture if sent there.

U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy issued an order, opens new tab restricting their removal on Wednesday after Reuters, citing three U.S. officials, reported on Tuesday that the Trump administration may for the first time deport migrants to Libya despite previous U.S. condemnation of Libya's harsh treatment of detainees.

Two of the officials said the U.S. military could fly the migrants to the North African country as soon as Wednesday, but stressed that plans could change.

Reuters could not determine how many migrants would be sent to Libya or the nationalities of those the administration was eyeing for deportation, including whether any were Libyan nationals. The relatives of one Mexican national told Reuters he had been instructed to sign a document allowing for his deportation to the African nation.

Immigration rights advocates said in court filings that individuals potentially subject to deportation to Libya also included Filipino, Laotian and Vietnamese migrants.

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4. I wonder if he plans on deporting all the Eastern Europeans that are over here staying?

Can't hardly throw a rock without hitting Russians and other Slavic peoples in some areas.


I wonder when the Thai, S. Koreans and Japanese are going to go?