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Marina Dunbar

Court halts Trump administration’s effort to send eight men to South Sudan

a plane is parked next to military vehicles
A US air force Boeing C-17 used for deportation flights at Biggs army airfield in Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas on 13 February 2025. Photograph: Justin Hamel/AFP/Getty Images

Eight men the Trump administration attempted to send to South Sudan are in temporary custody in Djibouti after a federal court ruling halted their removal, officials confirmed on Thursday.

The Trump administration had attempted to send the men, who it said had been convicted of criminal offenses, to their home countries: officials said two each were from Myanmar and Cuba and the others were from Vietnam, Laos, Mexico and South Sudan.

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