Judge says Trump administration violated court order with South Sudan deportations
Source: Washington Post
U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy said the removals violated his prior order that migrants be given time to challenge their deportations to countries where they are not citizens
A federal judge in Massachusetts said Wednesday the Trump administration’s deportation of several immigrants to conflict-ridden South Sudan violated his order to give detainees a meaningful opportunity to challenge their removal to a country where they are not citizens.
U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy said in a lengthy hearing that the removals Tuesday morning “obviously” violated his prior order. He said the government notified seven immigrants — from Mexico, Cuba, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam — the day before they were deported that they would be sent to the African nation.
South Sudan, established in 2011, is on the brink of civil war, a United Nations official said recently.
Murphy said that was “plainly insufficient” notice for the migrants to consult with their attorneys and investigate conditions in that country to determine whether they might face torture or persecution. An eighth deportee, who was also on the deportation flight, is a citizen of South Sudan, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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WTAF???
Judges can bang the gavel all they want, but apparently it doesn't MEAN jack shit!!! 
Isn't the federal Marshal the "police" of the judiciary?...WHY aren't they being deployed to the airports to stop the poliots from taking off? WHY aren't they going to 'detention centers' and busting people free??
Legal arguments and battles are improtant to show the illegality of their policies and actions....BUT where's the TEETH???!!!
Lawyers for some of the eight migrants deported Tuesday said they were told they were being sent to South Sudan. People familiar with the plane said it had landed for now in Djibouti.
An April judicial ruling ordered officials to give immigrants being deported to countries other their own at least 15 days to challenge their removal. Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters
By Alan FeuerTyler PagerHamed Aleaziz and Eric Schmitt
May 21, 2025
Updated 4:00 p.m. ET
A federal judge in Boston said on Wednesday that the Trump administration had violated an order he issued last month barring officials from deporting people to countries not their own without first giving them sufficient time to object.
The finding by the judge, Brian E. Murphy, was one of the strongest judicial rebukes the administration has faced so far in a series of contentious cases arising from its sprawling deportation agenda.
It was not immediately clear what punishment, if any, Judge Murphy intended to mete out against the administration or those who took part in the operation, but he asked for a list of names of everyone involved so he can notify them that they might all face criminal contempt penalties.
The judge’s decision came at a hearing in Federal District Court in Boston to consider an emergency motion filed by lawyers for a group of men who they said were deported after being told they were being sent to South Sudan.
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