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U.S. judge clears the way for imminent deportation of 8 migrants to South Sudan

U.S. judge clears the way for imminent deportation of 8 migrants to South Sudan

Eight migrants lost their last-ditch effort to halt their deportation to South Sudan by the Trump administration on Friday afternoon, clearing the way for their imminent transfer after a judge in Massachusetts denied their request. Lawyers for the...

U.S. judge clears the way for imminent deportation of 8 migrants to South Sudan

U.S. judge clears the way for imminent deportation of 8 migrants to South Sudan

Eight migrants lost their last-ditch effort to halt their deportation to South Sudan by the Trump administration on Friday afternoon, clearing the way for their imminent transfer after a judge in Massachusetts denied their request. Lawyers for the...

BREAKING: Hours After Supreme Court Ruling, Obama Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Admin From Transferring 8 Illegals in Djibouti to South Sudan

BREAKING: Hours After Supreme Court Ruling, Obama Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Admin From Transferring 8 Illegals in Djibouti to South Sudan

Happy Independence Day! Just hours after the Supreme Court issued a ruling, a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump Administration from transferring the 8 illegal aliens stuck in Djibouti to South Sudan. Judge Randolph Moss, an Obama...

Judge halts Trump deportation flight to South Sudan hours before takeoff

Judge halts Trump deportation flight to South Sudan hours before takeoff

Federal Judge Randolph Moss issued an emergency order on July 4, 2025, temporarily blocking the deportation of eight migrants to South Sudan just hours before their scheduled 7 PM flight. The dramatic halt came less than 24 hours after the Supreme...

Supreme Court gives green light to deport eight people to South Sudan, including a Mexican and a Cuban

Supreme Court gives green light to deport eight people to South Sudan, including a Mexican and a Cuban

The Supreme Court of the United States authorized the Donald Trump administration to deport eight men, who have been detained for weeks at a U.S. military base in Djibouti, to South Sudan, a nation affected by internal armed conflict and with...

SCOTUS: Feds can deport illegal immigrant group to South Sudan

The Supreme Court in a Thursday unsigned order said the Trump administration could deport a group of illegal immigrants to South Sudan. The eight men have been held in a converted shipping container in the East African country of Djibouti since a...

US judge clears path for eight immigrants to be deported to South Sudan

US judge clears path for eight immigrants to be deported to South Sudan

Eight migrants lost their last-ditch effort to halt their deportation to South Sudan by the Trump administration on Friday, clearing the way for their imminent transfer after a judge in Massachusetts denied their request. Lawyers for the justice...

Judge in US blocks immigrants’ deportation to South Sudan one day after Supreme Court clears the way

Judge in US blocks immigrants’ deportation to South Sudan one day after Supreme Court clears the way

A federal judge in the United States on Friday briefly halted deportations of eight immigrants to war-torn South Sudan, sending the case to another judge, in Boston, the day after the Supreme Court greenlighted their removal. District Judge...

Judge blocks immigrants’ deportation to South Sudan after Supreme Court action

Judge blocks immigrants’ deportation to South Sudan after Supreme Court action

(AP) — A federal judge on Friday briefly halted deportations of eight immigrants to war-torn South Sudan, sending the case to another judge, in Boston, the day after the Supreme Court greenlighted their removal. District Judge Randolph Moss sent...

US judge briefly pauses deportation of 8 migrants to South Sudan

US judge briefly pauses deportation of 8 migrants to South Sudan

U.S. flag and Judge gavel are seen in this illustration taken, August 6, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo (Reuters) -A federal judge briefly halted the Trump administration on Friday from placing eight migrants on a plane destined...

Judge briefly blocks immigrants' deportation to South Sudan, but legal path eventually cleared

Judge briefly blocks immigrants' deportation to South Sudan, but legal path eventually cleared

Despite a federal judge briefly halting deportations of eight immigrants to war-torn South Sudan, he and a second judge eventually cleared the wat for the Trump administration to relocate the immigrants the day after the Supreme Court greenlighted...

Judge briefly blocks immigrants’ deportation to South Sudan after Supreme Court cleared the way

Judge briefly blocks immigrants’ deportation to South Sudan after Supreme Court cleared the way

A federal judge on Friday briefly halted deportations of eight immigrants to war-torn South Sudan, sending the case to another judge, in Boston, the day after the Supreme Court greenlighted their removal. District Judge Randolph Moss sent the case...

Djibouti detainees rushing to court as they face potential deportation to South Sudan Friday night

Djibouti detainees rushing to court as they face potential deportation to South Sudan Friday night

(CNN) — A countdown is on for a plane of eight migrant detainees to be flown from a US Naval base in Djibouti to the war-torn country of South Sudan Friday night. Lawyers for the migrants are rushing to a federal court in Massachusetts Friday...

US federal court pauses deportations to South Sudan, seeks review of due process concerns

US federal court pauses deportations to South Sudan, seeks review of due process concerns

A federal judge on Friday temporarily paused the deportation of eight individuals to South Sudan, one day after the Supreme Court authorized their removal. The decision followed new arguments presented by the immigrants’ legal team, which the...

Judge temporarily halts South Sudan deportations despite Trump wins at Supreme Court

Judge temporarily halts South Sudan deportations despite Trump wins at Supreme Court

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., temporarily blocked the Trump administration on Friday from deporting eight foreign nationals to South Sudan, just days after the Supreme Court sided with the administration in a related deportation case.U.S....

Judge blocks immigrants' deportation to South Sudan one day after Supreme Court clears the way

Judge blocks immigrants' deportation to South Sudan one day after Supreme Court clears the way

A federal judge on Friday temporarily halted deportations of eight immigrants to war-torn South Sudan the day after the Supreme Court greenlighted their removal, saying new claims by the immigrants' lawyers deserved a hearing. District Judge...

Judge briefly blocks immigrants' deportation to South Sudan after Supreme Court cleared...

Judge briefly blocks immigrants' deportation to South Sudan after Supreme Court cleared...

The administration has been trying to deport the immigrants for weeks. None are from South Sudan, which is enmeshed in civil war and where the U.S government advises no one should travel before making their own funeral arrangements. The government...

Supreme Court backs Trump on deportations of migrants to South Sudan

Supreme Court backs Trump on deportations of migrants to South Sudan

The US Supreme Court again sided with President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday in a legal fight over deporting migrants to countries other than their own, lifting limits a judge had imposed to protect eight men who the government sought...

Juba widow’s nightmare in battle with powerful family over land

Juba widow’s nightmare in battle with powerful family over land

When General James Tut Thuch died in March 2009, before South Sudan’s independence, he left what he believed was a secure inheritance for his young family—his three wives and children. A liberation hero from the SPLA’s Jamus Battalion, Thuch had...

How an LL.M. opens legal career doors in the U.S. and abroad

How an LL.M. opens legal career doors in the U.S. and abroad

Have you wondered what career awaits you as a foreign-trained attorney with an LL.M. earned in the United States? An LL.M. degree is more than an academic achievement. It’s a strategic step toward a meaningful legal career inside or outside the...

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