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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Trump administration deported Asian immigrants to South Sudan in ‘blatant defiance’ of court order, attorneys say

Donald Trump’s administration has deported at least two Asian nationals to war-torn South Sudan in defiance of a court order blocking their removal, according to court documents.

On Monday night, two immigrants from Myanmar and Vietnam held in federal custody were abruptly notified that they would be deported to the African nation, which the State Department reports is plagued by slavery, kidnapping, sexual abuse, torture and extrajudicial killings.

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