A flight with eight immigrants that left Texas this week, reportedly headed for South Sudan, will now remain in the East African country of Djibouti for two weeks to comply with a court order, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday.
Lawyers had said the flight was headed for South Sudan, but the Department of Homeland Security says it won’t confirm.
Murphy had relayed the sequence of events leading to the deportations, saying the immigrants were notified of their destination “sometime in the evening” Monday, outside business hours.
Without sufficient time to consult an attorney or family members, the judge said, it was impossible for the immigrants to challenge their deportations to a third country.
“The department’s actions,” Murphy said, “are unquestionably violative of this court’s order.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Thursday that a plane carrying eight immigrants that departed Texas this week and was allegedly bound for South Sudan will now spend two weeks in the East African nation of Djibouti in order to comply with a court order.
Leavitt blamed the U.S. during a briefing. S. After eight individuals from South Sudan, Cuba, Mexico, Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar were deported to a third nation, Massachusetts District Court Judge Brian Murphy held a hearing on the matter on Wednesday. The flight was headed for South Sudan, according to lawyers, but the Department of Homeland Security says it won’t confirm.
During the hearing, Murphy had claimed that the Trump administration was breaking an earlier ruling that forbade sending individuals to nations other than their own without giving them a chance to express their concerns about torture or persecution or without giving them enough advance notice.
Murphy ruled that the people should be given legal advice and a chance to voice their concerns. In the event that the government still intends to deport the deportees to a third country, he further mandated that they be given at least 15 days to contest their deportation and reopen immigration proceedings.
Attempting to “bring these monsters back to our country,” Leavitt described Murphy’s order. “.”.
Federal officials are being forced to stay in Djibouti for more than two weeks by Judge Murphy, endangering our United States. S. . establishing diplomatic ties with nations worldwide and endangering the agents’ lives by forcing them to interact with these unlawful rapists, murderers, and criminals,” Leavitt stated.
Leavitt referred to Murphy’s order as a “massive judicial overreach” and provided the names and criminal histories of the eight passengers on the flight. “.”.
She stated that it would be utterly ridiculous to imply that he has any control over the foreign policy or national security of the United States of America.
Murphy had described the events that culminated in the deportations, stating that the immigrants were informed of their destination “sometime in the evening” on Monday, outside of regular business hours. He added that at 9:35 CT the following morning, they departed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in order to travel to a nearby airport.
The judges ruled that the immigrants could not contest their deportations to a third country because they did not have enough time to speak with a lawyer or family members.
Murphy stated that the department’s actions “are definitely in violation of this court’s order.”. “.”.
