A federal judge in Massachusetts is denouncing the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to deport immigrant criminals and murderers to the African nation of South Sudan.
“The department’s actions … are unquestionably violative of this court’s order” to let migrants have more say over where they are deported to, District Court Judge Brian Murphy declared Wednesday.
The government must “maintain custody and control of class members currently being removed to South Sudan or any other third country, to ensure the practical feasibility of return if the Court finds that such removals were unlawful,” he added, according to media reports.
It is a problem “when we stop doing due process for unpopular people,” the judge said.
The deportation of eight criminal migrants to South Sudan
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