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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Trump officials could face criminal contempt over South Sudan deportations, judge says

A federal judge could hold Donald Trump’s administration in criminal contempt of court after officials defied a court order blocking the removal of Asian immigrants to war-torn South Sudan.

District Judge Brian Murphy also warned lawyers for the Department of Justice that Homeland Security officials could be hauled to court to determine if they were “lying” about mistakenly deporting a Guatemalan immigrant and rape survivor who was sent to Mexico despite fears that he would face sexual violence there.

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