Ghana said it was taking in 14 deported migrants to help its fellow Africans. But it sent three to their country of origin, including one who said he feared for his life.
Judge Tanya S. Chutkan said her hands were “tied” with regard to the migrants, even though they held protective orders, in another victory for President Trump’s deportation campaign.
Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the Federal District Court in Washington ruled late Monday that she could not prevent a group of migrants from being sent onward to their home countries.
Judge Tanya S. Chutkan said her hands were “tied” with regard to the migrants, even though they held protective orders, in another victory for President Trump’s deportation campaign.
Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the Federal District Court in Washington ruled late Monday that she could not prevent a group of migrants from being sent onward to their home countries.
A hearing in the case of five migrants deported to Ghana last week showed how earlier Supreme Court rulings have paved the way for President Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
Judge Tanya S. Chutkan scolded the Trump administration for allowing Ghanaian officials to violate protective orders by U.S. immigration judges, though she also appeared to suggest she had little power to compel the government to return them.
Plaintiffs accused the Trump administration of using so-called third-country deportations to violate court-ordered protections for migrants, echoing the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.
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