trump's DOJ is trying to deport persons to foreign countries to avoid having to give them due process or release such persons when they lose the litigation. Libya is a horrible and unsafe place to send detainees
Lawyers scramble to stop deportation flight to Libya they say âblatantlyâ defies court order
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— Mike Walker (@newnarrative.bsky.social) 2025-05-07T20:11:00.506Z
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The Trump administration is on the verge of blatantly defying a court order by deporting immigrants from Asia to the war-torn African nation of Libya, attorneys for the immigrants said Wednesday.
Citing alarming reports in the media and accounts from some of their clients, the lawyers filed an emergency motion seeking to block a military flight that appeared to be on the verge of taking off from the U.S.
The lawyers say their clients nationals of Laos, Vietnam and the Philippines are at risk of being sent to Libya in defiance of an earlier court order prohibiting deportations to so-called third-party countries without notice and a chance to make a legal challenge. Theyre asking Boston-based U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy to quickly prevent any such flights and ensure the Trump administration is complying with his earlier order. They also asked Murphy to block flights to potential stopover nations like Saudi Arabia.
Murphy ruled last month that any immigrant expelled to a country not explicitly provided for on the aliens order of removal be given written notice and a meaningful chance to contest their deportation to that country if they fear they may face torture or persecution there.
The administrations apparent plan to quickly expel a group of immigrants to Libya transgresses that earlier order, the immigrants lawyers said.