Attorneys accuse Trump admin of deporting two Asian migrants to South Sudan with limited warning

Attorneys for two illegal migrants on Tuesday accused the Trump administration of illegally deporting their clients to South Sudan, in violation of a previous court order that barred the administration from deporting migrants to third-party countries.

The attorneys filed an emergency motion to U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, asking him to intervene in the case. Murphy, who is based in Boston, previously ruled that the administration cannot deport migrants to a country outside their home countries without "meaningful" notice, Politico reported.

The lawyers said their clients, who were originally from Myanmar and Vietnam, were notified of the deportations on Monday night and were allegedly on a plane to South Sudan by Tuesday morning. 

The attorneys claimed that any migrant sent to South Sudan "faces a strong likelihood of irreparable harm," because of widespread violence, human rights violations and conflict in the region, per CBS News.

The emergency filing also comes after Murphy halted flights to Libya, where he ruled that deportations to Libya would violate his previous order about deporting migrants to third-party countries. Libya also faces a humanitarian crisis.

Lawyers for the man from Myanmar said their client was previously expected to be on the Libya flight, which was pulled by the Trump administration over backlash, and that he was only notified of his deportation in English, which he is not proficient in. 

The Trump administration has not commented on the deportation allegations so far. 

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.