Supreme Court Delivers Another Key Ruling….@@

What the Lower Court Decided

U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy had previously ruled that the federal government could only transfer immigrants to “third countries”-nations not listed in their original removal orders-if it implemented protections to prevent torture upon return. Murphy’s decision came after he learned the administration had attempted to move the eight individuals to South Sudan in violation of his injunction.

The State Department classifies South Sudan as unsafe for travel due to “crime, kidnapping, and armed conflict,” and has ordered all non-emergency American personnel to leave the country. Rather than complete the planned journey, the aircraft carrying the migrants landed in Djibouti, where the group has remained in custody at a U.S. military facility.