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