The Trump administration deported eight migrants convicted of various crimes to South Sudan after weeks of legal back-and-forth between district courts, the Justice Department, and ultimately the Supreme Court, which twice ruled the deportations could take place.
At around 8:30 p.m. Eastern time on July 4, a military plane carrying the eight migrants departed the U.S. military base in Djibouti, where they were held as the deportation effort was delayed by lower court stays and injunctions. The plane arrived in South Sudan less than four hours later, shortly before midnight on Friday, according to CBS News.
A photo later shared by the Department of Homeland Security showed the migrants, all handcuffed, aboard the plane and surrounded by military officials.
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The migrants’ arrival in South Sudan came
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