The U.S. Supreme Court was asked Tuesday by the Trump administration to halt a judge’s order to halt deportations of migrants to the African nation of South Sudan.
According to the Associated Press, Judge Brian E. Murphy in Boston, found the White House had violated a court order after a deportation flight was sent to South Sudan with individuals who were not citizens.
Murphy said the move violated an earlier order he made that said people must be given the right to object before they are sent to a country that would put them in danger.
In an earlier report from the AP, Murphy had said the Trump administration was “manufacturing” chaos and wrote in a 17-page order published Monday that the Trump administration had been given “remarkable flexibility with minimal oversight,” while emphasizing his attempts to work with the government unsuccessfully.
“From the course of conduct, it is hard to come to any conclusion other than that Defendants invite a lack of clarity as a means of evasion,” Murphy wrote.
Murphy reportedly offered the government the option of holding hearings in Djibouti, which borders on Somalia, as long as the individuals remained in the custody of the U.S., this was met with a motion filed by the administration alleging Murphy required the U.S. government to hold “dangerous criminals in a sensitive location.”
However, Murphy wrote in his Monday order that the government had been the one to suggest claims could be processed abroad.
“It turns out that having immigration proceedings on another continent is harder and more logistically cumbersome than Defendants anticipated,” Murphy wrote.
The Trump administration have said the individuals come from various places, including Cuba, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar, Vietnam, and South Sudan, but claimed that the respective countries won’t take the individuals back.
El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama have all agreed to take some deportees, but the Trump administration has said it is looking at other third countries to send them.
“Given the totality of the circumstances, it is hard to take seriously the idea that Defendants intended these individuals to have any real opportunity to make a valid claim,” Murphy wrote.
