Judge Says US Deportations to South Sudan Violated His Order (2)

A federal judge said the Trump administration violated his earlier order by sending eight migrants convicted of crimes to South Sudan, and he directed immediate action to protect their right to oppose deportation to a country gripped by years of violence.

US District Judge Brian Murphy concluded during a hearing Wednesday that the migrants didn’t get even a full day’s notice before their removal and grilled government lawyers over what to do about it as the men sat in an airplane on the tarmac in an unidentified location.

It marked the latest instance of judges finding US officials failed to ...