Judge backs Trump admin’s deportation push for 8 illegal migrants after another judge blocks it
Eight migrants were denied a request by a Massachusetts federal judge on Friday to have their deportation to South Sudan halted.Justice Department lawyers said the men were scheduled to be flown to South Sudan on Friday at 7 p.m. ET after two courts considered their emergency request on July 4, a day when courts would otherwise be closed, Reuters reported. The migrants, who are from Cuba, Laos, Mexico, Burma, Sudan and Vietnam, filed new claims on Thursday after the U.S.