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Some migrants were told they’d be sent to Libya, attorneys say as they try to block the deportations
By REBECCA SANTANA, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SAMY MAGDYUpdated 6:53 PM CDT, May 7, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. authorities informed some migrants of plans to deport them to Libya, a country they are not from and that has a history of human rights violations, attorneys said Wednesday. A judge said they can’t be deported without a chance to challenge such a move in court.
The legal scramble comes as the Trump administration is pushing forward with plans to carry out mass deportations, including efforts to send migrants to a country where they are not a citizen. The most controversial example of so-called third-country removals has been sending Venezuelans to a notorious El Salvador prison.
Sending deportees to Libya, a country with a documented history of migrant abuse, would mark a major escalation of the administration’s push for third countries to take in people being removed from the United States.
A U.S. official said earlier Wednesday there were plans to fly migrants to Libya on a military plane but did not have details on the timing of the C-17 flight. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss military operations.
Immigration attorneys say some of their clients, including people from Vietnam, Laos and the Philippines, were told by immigration enforcement agents that they were going to be deported to Libya. Some were told they were going to Saudi Arabia, they said. ...
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Federal judge probing whether Trump has the power to bring back migrants deported to El Salvador | CNN Politics
A federal judge pressed the Justice Department on President Donald Trump’s suggestion that he could secure the return of migrants deported to a Salvadoran super prison, during a Wednesday evening hearing where the judge approved more fact-finding into whether the US has custody over the migrants...
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Johnson said some controversial proposals to slash Medicaid were off the table for the massive Trump agenda bill, while conservatives pressed him on steep spending cuts.
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Biden says "what the hell's going on here?" about Trump's Greenland, Canada comments
Former President Joe Biden gave his first interview to BBC News since leaving office in January.
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