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Trump Administration Poised to Ramp Up Deportations to Distant Countries

Eight men sent by the United States to South Sudan could presage a new approach to Trump-era deportations, even as critics say the practice could amount to “enforced disappearance.”

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Downtown Juba, South Sudan, last year. Third-country deportations could accelerate under new internal guidance issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Trump Administration Poised to Ramp Up Deportations to Distant Countries

Eight men sent by the United States to South Sudan could presage a new approach to Trump-era deportations, even as critics say the practice could amount to “enforced disappearance.”

© Ivor Prickett for The New York Times

Downtown Juba, South Sudan, last year. Third-country deportations could accelerate under new internal guidance issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

U.S. Turns Eight Migrants Over to South Sudan, Ending Weeks of Legal Limbo

Courts blocked the handover after lawyers raised concerns of torture. Then the Supreme Court intervened to allow the Trump administration’s plan to move forward.

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U.S. military base Camp Lemonnier last year. After being held in Djibouti for weeks, eight men were deported to South Sudan.

U.S. Turns Eight Migrants Over to South Sudan, Ending Weeks of Legal Limbo

Courts blocked the handover after lawyers raised concerns of torture. Then the Supreme Court intervened to allow the Trump administration’s plan to move forward.

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U.S. military base Camp Lemonnier last year. After being held in Djibouti for weeks, eight men were deported to South Sudan.

Court Rejects Effort to Keep Migrants From Being Sent to South Sudan

After the Supreme Court ruled that the deportations could move forward, a last-ditch attempt to block them with a new lawsuit faltered.

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Camp Lemonnier, the U.S. military base in Djibouti, last year. The eight men the government hopes to deport to South Sudan have been held at the base for several weeks.

Supreme Court Lets Trump Deport Eight Migrants to South Sudan

The court’s order followed a broader one last month allowing removals to countries with which migrants have no connections.

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The United States has held eight migrants at a military base in Djibouti while court cases played out. But an official said the Trump administration would now promptly send the men to South Sudan.

Supreme Court Lets Trump Deport Eight Migrants to South Sudan

The court’s order followed a broader one last month allowing removals to countries with which migrants have no connections.

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The United States has held eight migrants at a military base in Djibouti while court cases played out. The federal government sought to deport them to South Sudan.
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