A federal judge ruled against the Trump administration's deportation of migrants to South Sudan, stating it violated a previous court order. Judge Brian E. Murphy emphasized that seven deported migrants, from countries including Burma, Laos, Mexico, and Cuba, had received less than 24 hours notice before being expelled. This short notice was deemed insufficient. The legal representatives described the confusion surrounding the deportees' final destinations. One lawyer warned that sending a client to South Sudan or back to Myanmar posed serious risks to their safety, highlighting potential threats of harm and exploitation.
I've never in 20 years seen anything close to this happening, said Ryan, who has been representing clients detained in Pearsall, Texas, since 2005.
Whether he's sent to Burma or South Sudan, he is at risk of harm - of abuse, exploitation, death, Ryan said.
Murphy ruled that the Trump administration could not let a group of migrants being deported to countries that were not their own leave the custody of US immigration authorities.
An eighth deportee in the group was a citizen of South Sudan, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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