Overview

• U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy issued a 17-page order accusing the administration of flouting his injunction and “manufacturing chaos” through summary removals
• Eight migrants with violent-crime convictions were given less than 16 hours’ notice before being flown to a U.S. military base in Djibouti en route to South Sudan
• Murphy denied the government’s motion for reconsideration and warned he may hold officials in contempt for violating his preliminary injunction on third-country deportations
• The administration filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court seeking to stay Murphy’s order that requires notice periods and reasonable-fear interviews before removals to countries where migrants have no ties
• Advocates caution that sending noncitizens to conflict-ridden nations like South Sudan without full hearings and adequate notice exposes them to serious risks