After a Washington district court judge granted a brief administrative stay that prevented the administration from deporting the eight men to South Sudan, their future remains uncertain. The men are currently being held on a U.S. military installation in Djibouti.
The Supreme Court decided Thursday afternoon that the Trump administration may proceed with its intentions to transfer the men from Djibouti to South Sudan, a nation rife with instability.
In the US, all of the guys have been found guilty of significant offenses. They were originally from Vietnam, Mexico, Laos, Cuba, and Myanmar before arriving in the United States. There is only one from South Sudan.
Attorneys for the eight men filed a new lawsuit following the Supreme Court’s decision, claiming that the deportation plan violates a Supreme Court precedent that forbids swiftly deporting migrants to locations where they will face a notorious punishment, like hard labor.
The lawyers requested Federal District Court Judge Randolph D. Moss on Friday to impose an injunction prohibiting the transfer to South Sudan on behalf of the District of Columbia. Following the Supreme Court’s decision, Homeland Security Department spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin stated that these sickos would arrive in South Sudan by Independence Day. A government attorney also stated on Friday that a plane carrying the guys would depart at 7 p.m. Eastern time.
Now, that schedule appears to be in doubt. Judge Moss decided to return the matter to the District of Massachusetts, where Judge Brian E. Murphy had been deliberating over a previous lawsuit filed by the migrants that resulted in the Supreme Court’s decision. Judge Moss ruled shortly after 3 p.m. that the government could not deport the men until 4:30 p.m., citing the need to give their attorneys time to resubmit their petition in Massachusetts.
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