United States completes the deportation of eight individuals to South Sudan
Speaking at the beginning of a signing ceremony at the Palacio Nacional de la Cultura in Guatemala City on Thursday, June 26, 2025, is U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. One Nation Voice
After weeks of legal fighting, the United States completes the deportation of eight individuals to South Sudan.
The men had previously been detained in Djibouti at an American military installation.
Washington — The Trump administration has now arrived in war-torn South Sudan, a country the State Department warns against visiting because of “crime, kidnapping, and armed conflict.” The eight men were deported from the United States in May and detained under guard for weeks at an American military base in the African country of Djibouti while their legal challenges were pending in court.
the guys an opportunity to contest the removal.
Immigration officers might swiftly deport individuals to other countries, according to a June ruling by the conservative majority of the court. An order that had permitted immigrants to contest any removals to foreign nations where they might be in danger was halted by the majority.
In a lawsuit that had reached the Supreme Court, which had approved their removal from the United States, a federal judge cleared the path for the Trump administration to relocate the immigrants from Cuba, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar, Vietnam, and South Sudan, and they arrived in South Sudan on Friday. The men were convicted of violent offenses in the United States, according to administration authorities. In a statement announcing the men’s arrival in South Sudan, a troubled nation on the verge of a civil war, Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said, “This was a win for the rule of law, safety, and security of the American people.” On Thursday, the Supreme Court gave its approval for the men who had been placed on a flight to South Sudan in May. After the airplane was diverted to a base in Djibouti, where the soldiers were detained in a converted shipping container, the South Sudan transfer could then be finalized. After a federal judge determined that the administration had disregarded his order by not permitting the flight to proceed, the flight was diverted.
