Federal Judge Halts Trump Plan to Deport Migrants to South Sudan: Report
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A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration on Friday from deporting eight migrants to South Sudan, just hours before their scheduled removal.
The emergency order, issued by U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss, came one day after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the deportations, prompting a last-minute legal challenge from the migrants' attorneys, Reuters reported. The men—none of whom are South Sudanese—have been held for weeks at a U.S. military base in Djibouti.
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a rally to kick off the July Fourth holiday weekend at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on July 03, 2025 in Des Moines, Iowa.
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