Overview
- US District Judge Theodore Chuang issued the injunction on August 6, blocking the removal order against Reza Zavvar
- ICE intends to transfer Zavvar under a third-country deportation strategy despite his 2007 withholding of removal order protecting him from return to Iran
- The Australian government says it was never contacted by US authorities and has no agreement to accept Zavvar or similar deportees
- Immigration lawyers warn the Trump administration is increasingly routing migrants with protection orders to nations where they have no ties
- Zavvar’s legal team is challenging the deportation as unlawful and his family has launched fundraising to support his court battle