US federal court pauses deportations to South Sudan, seeks review of due process concerns

US federal court pauses deportations to South Sudan, seeks review of due process concerns

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the deportation of eight individuals to conflict-ridden South Sudan, citing the need to examine new legal arguments raised by their attorneys. The ruling came a day after the Supreme Court permitted their removal, prompting fresh questions about due process rights under an 18th-century wartime statute invoked by the Trump administration

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