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US judge limits Trump’s push to rapidly deport migrants in Guantanamo Bay

The United States flag decorates the side of a guard tower inside of Joint Task Force Guantanamo Camp VI at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on March 22, 2016 [File: Lucas Jackson/Reuters]

A federal judge in the United States has placed limits on the Trump administration’s efforts to deport migrants held in Guantanamo Bay with few protections.

In a ruling on Thursday, District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston issued an order stating that the administration must give migrants an opportunity to raise concerns about the safety of the countries where they are being deported.

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