Courts blocked the handover after lawyers raised concerns of torture. Then the Supreme Court intervened to allow the Trump administration’s plan to move forward.

The Trump administration deported eight migrants with alleged criminal convictions to South Sudan, reversing an initial plan to send them to Djibouti. This action follows a Supreme Court decision removing judge-imposed due process requirements for third-country deportations.

Judge Randolph Moss issued an administrative stay that blocked Trump’s deportation of eight men to South Sudan, despite prior Supreme Court intervention.