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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Judge slams Trump administration for ‘disingenuous’ plot to illegally deport Africans to Ghana

A lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of illegally deporting five African immigrants to Ghana, making the 16-hour journey in “straitjackets,” in an attempt to avoid court orders that blocked them from going back to their home countries.

A federal judge on Saturday said it appeared the Trump administration was making an “end run” around those court orders by first sending them to Ghana — which then could send them to countries where they face torture, persecution and death.

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