Overview

• The eight convicted migrants departed a U.S. base in Djibouti on July 5 and landed in South Sudan shortly before midnight.
• On July 3, the Supreme Court clarified that its June stay invalidated both Judge Brian Murphy’s April injunction and his May remedial order.
• Judge Randolph Moss issued a brief stay on July 4 to consider a new constitutional challenge but the removals proceeded following high court clearance.
• Attorneys warn the men, who have no ties to South Sudan, face risks of imprisonment, torture or death despite diplomatic assurances.
• The case highlights a broader clash over the Trump administration’s third-country deportation policy, due process rights and the Supreme Court’s shadow docket practices.