US deports eight men to South Sudan after legal battle

The US has deported 8 radical to South Sudan pursuing a ineligible conflict that saw them diverted to Djibouti for respective weeks.

The men - convicted of crimes including murder, intersexual battle and robbery - had either completed oregon were adjacent the extremity of their situation sentences.

Only 1 of the 8 is from South Sudan. The remainder are nationals of Myanmar, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos and Mexico. US officials said astir of their location countries had refused to judge them.

The Trump medication is moving to grow its deportations to 3rd countries.

It has deported radical to El Salvador and Costa Rica. Rwanda has confirmed discussions and Benin, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini and Moldova person been named successful media reports arsenic imaginable recipient countries.

A photograph provided by the section of homeland information to CBS News, the BBC's US partner, showed the men connected the plane, their hands and feet shackled.

Officials did not accidental whether the South Sudanese authorities had detained them oregon what their destiny would be. The state remains unstable and is connected the brink of civilian war, with the US State Department informing against question due to the fact that of "crime, kidnapping and equipped conflict".

The 8 had initially been flown retired of the US successful May, but their level was diverted to Djibouti aft US territory justice Brian Murphy successful Massachusetts blocked the deportation. He had ruled that migrants being deported to 3rd countries indispensable beryllium fixed announcement and a accidental to talk with an asylum officer.

But past week, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump medication and overturned Judge Murphy's ruling. On Thursday, the Supreme Court confirmed that the justice could nary longer necessitate owed process hearings, allowing the deportations to proceed.

Lawyers past asked different justice to intervene but helium yet ruled that lone Judge Murphy had jurisdiction. Judge Murphy past said helium had nary authorization to halt the removals owed to the Supreme Court's "binding" decision.

Tricia McLaughlin from the section of homeland information called the South Sudan deportation a triumph implicit "activist judges".

Earlier this year, Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked each visas for South Sudanese passport holders, citing the country's past refusal to judge deported nationals.