Fri Jul 04 23:48:53 UTC 2025: **U.S. Set to Deport Eight Migrants to South Sudan Despite Human Rights Concerns**

**Washington, D.C.** – In a controversial move, the U.S. government is poised to deport eight migrants to South Sudan, a country with a documented history of human rights abuses, following a last-ditch legal effort that failed on Friday. The move comes after the Supreme Court twice upheld the Trump administration’s power to deport foreign nationals to countries outside their own.

Judge Brian Murphy of Boston denied the appeal, which argued that the deportations were “impermissibly punitive” and constituted “cruel and unusual punishment,” prohibited by the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Department of State has previously cited South Sudan for “extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, torture and cases of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment,” advising against travel to the region.

The migrants, hailing from Cuba, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar, Sudan, and Vietnam, were reportedly scheduled to be flown to South Sudan by 7 pm ET Friday, despite initial concerns raised by U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss. Judge Moss had briefly paused the deportation, stating that there was a possibility the deportees could prove their case that the Trump administration intended to subject them to abuse. He had questioned whether the U.S. government could “take human beings and send them to circumstances in which their physical wellbeing is at risk simply either to punish them or send a signal to others.”

The Department of Justice argued that delaying the deportations would strain relations with countries willing to accept migrants. Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin labelled the eight migrants as “barbaric, violent criminal illegal aliens” who had been found guilty of serious crimes.

This case underscores the ongoing debate surrounding the Trump administration’s immigration policies, with critics accusing the administration of disregarding the human rights of undocumented people in its pursuit of mass deportations. The administration has countered that undocumented migration constitutes a national security crisis, necessitating a strong response.

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