Federal Judge Issues Emergency Halt on South Sudan Deportations Amid Holiday Legal Battle

In a dramatic legal turn on the Fourth of July, a federal judge has issued a temporary halt on the deportations of eight immigrants to war-torn South Sudan, just one day after the Supreme Court cleared the path for their removal.

District Judge Randolph Moss, presiding over an extraordinary holiday hearing in Washington, transferred the complex case to Judge Brian Murphy in Boston. Judge Moss extended his order halting the deportations until 4:30 p.m. Eastern, acknowledging new claims by the immigrants’ lawyers that warrant further review.

The administration has been pushing for weeks to deport these individuals, none of whom originate from South Sudan – a country engulfed in civil war, where the U.S. government advises against travel due to extreme danger. The immigrants, hailing from various nations including Laos, Mexico, Myanmar, and Vietnam, were initially flown to the U.S. Naval Base in Djibouti.

Their removal was previously stalled by Judge Murphy’s ruling, which mandated a court hearing before any immigrant could be sent to a new country. Although the Supreme Court vacated this decision last month and clarified its order on Thursday night, allowing the deportations to proceed, lawyers for the immigrants immediately filed an emergency request. The case landed with Judge Moss, who initially barred their movement from Djibouti to South Sudan before sending the case north. The administration had expressed intentions to complete the deportations to South Sudan sometime on Friday.

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