Overview

• The Department of Homeland Security deported eight noncitizens convicted of serious crimes to South Sudan on July 5 after holding them at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti.
• The Supreme Court’s July 3 clarification made clear that its June 23 stay voided U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy’s May 21 remedial order requiring notice and fear-of-torture interviews before third-country removals.
• Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from the high court’s action, warning that the deportees face potential imprisonment, torture or death in a nation where they have no ties.
• U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss issued an emergency habeas stay on July 4, but the Trump administration proceeded with the removals as appeals remained pending.
• Human rights advocates note that a Level 4 U.S. travel advisory and South Sudan’s ongoing conflict heighten dangers for migrants sent abroad without due process.