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The United States has deported eight individuals—convicted of serious crimes including murder, sexual assault, and robbery—to South Sudan, following a drawn-out legal battle and despite only one of them being a South Sudanese national.
The deportation, carried out this week, comes after weeks of delay. The men, who had either completed or were nearing the end of their prison sentences, were initially flown out in May. However, their flight was diverted to Djibouti after US District Judge Brian Murphy temporarily blocked the deportation, ruling that individuals being sent to third countries must be given notice and an opportunity to speak with asylum officers.
Six of the eight deportees are nationals of Myanmar, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos, and Mexico. U.S. officials said that their respective home countries had refused to take them back, prompting the decision to deport them to a third country—South Sudan.
The legal standoff ended last week when the US Supreme Court overturned Judge Murphy’s decision, ruling that he could no longer require due process hearings in such deportations. This cleared the way for the removals to proceed. A follow-up appeal to another judge was denied on jurisdictional grounds, and Murphy ultimately acknowledged he had no authority to intervene further. Arise News
