South Sudan, Trump administration
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I have worked in South Sudan as a diplomat. It is on the brink of civil war, and its government has a horrific human rights record.
The Trump administration will be able to send eight migrants held in Djibouti for weeks to South Sudan, where they fear they will face violence, after a flurry of court activity on Friday.
The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to deport a group of migrants with criminal records held at a U.S. base in Djibouti; the administration says they'll be sent to South Sudan.
The eight deported men had been convicted of violent crimes, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
The US Supreme Court said the Trump administration is free to send eight migrants to South Sudan, rejecting a judge’s interpretation of a recent high court decision.
The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the the Trump administration to deport to South Sudan a group of migrants that have been held for weeks on a military base in Djibouti.
The ruling halts a lower court order that temporarily allowed migrants to challenge their removal to countries outside their homeland.
The Trump administration said it has deported a group of immigrant men from different countries to the tiny African nation of Eswatini. The five men have long criminal records involving rape, homicide,
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