Eight migrants deported from Djibouti to South Sudan: US Homeland Security
South Sudan has long been dangerous even for local residents. The US state department advises citizens not to travel there due to violent crime and armed conflict. The UN has said the African country's political crisis could reignite a brutal civil war that ended in 2018.
The eight men — who according to their lawyers are from Cuba, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar, Sudan and Vietnam — had argued their deportations to South Sudan would violate the US constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. They had been held in US custody in Djibouti since a federal judge in Boston in May blocked the Trump administration from immediately moving them to South Sudan over due process concerns.
Following additional litigation, the Supreme Court on Thursday sided with the administration, lifting those limits.
Two courts considered requests from the migrants' lawyers on an emergency basis on Friday, when courts are otherwise closed for the holiday, but ultimately US district judge Brian Murphy in Boston said the Supreme Court order required him to deny their bid, clearing the way for their deportation.
The location of the men in South Sudan after their arrival was not immediately known.

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