A federal judge ruled Wednesday that deporting noncitizens to Libya without due process would violate his existing court [View all]
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.
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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
Just breaking.
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