After reports of deportations to South Sudan, US says it's removed 8 people convicted of crimes

Immigrants challenge government effort to deport them to third-party countries

Lawyers for a group of immigrants facing deportation from the United States urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to leave in place an order by a federal judge in Massachusetts barring the government from sending them to a country not explicitly named in their removal orders unless the government first takes a series of steps to ensure that the immigrants will not face torture there. They wrote that the order by U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy d…

A look at the deportees on plane that headed for South Sudan from US

The men who were placed on a deportation flight headed for the chaotic nation of South Sudan were originally from countries as far away as Mexico and Vietnam.

Murderers, sex abusers: What to know about the immigrants on disputed flight to South Sudan

Chartered removal flight had eight men convicted of crimes in the United States bound for South Sudan.

Trump admin says it’s deporting 8 ‘monstrous and barbaric’ illegal migrants to one of the poorest countries on Earth

At least eight violent illegal migrants have just been booted from the US to South Sudan -- with their crimes being so "monstrous and barbaric" that no other country would apparently take them, a Trump administration official told The Post Wednesday.

U.S. says it tried to deport serious criminals on flight lawyers allege was destined for South Sudan

DHS officials said the eight men were in the U.S. illegally from Cuba, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar, South Sudan and Vietnam, and all had criminal convictions.

Boston federal judge orders emergency hearing over apparent deportation of migrants to South Sudan, other counties - Boston News, Weather, Sports

A federal judge in Boston has ordered U.S. officials to appear for an emergency hearing over the apparent deportation of immigrants to South Sudan and other countries. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed Wednesday it had removed eight migrants convicted of crimes. DHS said the migrants’ home countries could not receive them. On Tuesday, the judge ruled the Trump administration should retain custody of the migrants to ensure they could …