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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Judge blocks Trump from deporting Asian nationals to Libya as lawyers rush to prevent ‘immediate’ flights

A federal judge is blocking Donald Trump’s administration from deporting a group of Laotian, Vietnamese and Filipino immigrants to Libya after lawyers cited “alarming” reports that the flights to the war-torn African nation were “imminent.”

Massachusetts District Judge Brian E. Murphy granted a temporary restraining order on Wednesday that temporarily blocks the government from so-called “third-country removals” until targeted immigrants have a meaningful chance to challenge the action in court.

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