A federal judge in Boston died on Wednesday that the Trump administration deportations of eight men convicted of violent crimes to South Sudan “undoubtedly” violated a previous order by not giving them sufficient legal procedures, including “a useful opportunity to object to their” removal operations to another country.
However, Judge Brian Murphy, from the US District Court in Massachusetts Province, did not order the return of the plane with the deportees to the United States, as the prosecutor requested.
Instead, the judge seemed ready to take the Trump administration in his words that it would be possible for the government to conduct interviews with the detainees to determine whether they had a reasonable or reliable fear of deporting him to South Sudan.
In a series of follow -up of orders issued on Wednesday evening, Murphy has developed requirements that the government must fulfill this, saying that the government is delegated to grant migrants at least 10 days to increase concerns about the safety risks that they may bear if they are sent to a third country. If it turns out that the immigrant has a “reasonable fear”, Murphy said that the government is required to reopen their immigration procedures. If they do not prove reasonable fear, the government must provide a “meaningful opportunity, and at least 15 days” to reopen their case.
In a note that clarifies his matter, Murphy criticized the government’s clear understanding of what he means “a meaningful opportunity” when he initially issued a judicial order last month limiting the removal of migrants to the third countries.
The Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Security, Tricia McLeulin and Acting Manager Todd Leon, speaks in a officer that eight individuals were convicted of violent crimes who were placed on a trip from Texas heading to South Sudan, May 21, 2025.
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“Giving each balance to the defendant’s account, and it was not considered a notice less than 24 hours, and the notification of zero hours working, before they were placed on a plane and sent to a country where the US State Department issued a warning the following:“ Do not travel to southern Sudan due to crime, kidnapping and armed conflict. ” Those who received, linguistic barriers, and the arrival complex to the lawyer and confirm that this court cannot clarify any reasonable explanation for the origin of the initial court yesterday’s events. “
The Secretary of the Ministry of Interior for Public Affairs, Tricia McLulin, described the “disorganized” judge in a statement late on Wednesday night.
“These corrupt individuals have spent their day in court and have been granted final deportation orders,” she said in the statement. Remembering who was on this plane: killers, child rapist & Physically handicapped person. The message that this activist judge sends to the victims and their families is that we do not care. President Trump and Minister Nayyoud work every day to remove evil criminals from our country while the activists are fighting to return them to American territory. “
In a court hearing earlier on Wednesday, men’s lawyers who were deported have argued that the plane should be returned to the United States and men should be granted due legal procedures that “can only take place on American soil,” said Tina Ryano, Executive Director of the National Immigration Alliance.
Under these circumstances, it will be a “legal and logistical nightmare” for the detained men to access the lawyer and obtain the information they need to provide a challenge, she said.
She said: “I have some dangerous secrecy and privacy concerns about where this reasonable fear will be interviewed,” she said. “Who will be interviewed by this reasonable fear, but most importantly, how will they be able to reach the lawyer, who are entitled to obtain it in order to discuss the reasonable fear process? How will they achieve and get to know the circumstances in southern Sudan? How will they provide evidence that they have a reasonable fear.”
Realmuto also raised concerns about finding immediate translators and conducting interviews with American citizenship and immigration services employees remotely across multiple time areas.
Deputy Director of the United States for Migration and Customs enforcement, Madison Shehhan, Acting Director of American Immigration and Customs Todd Leon, speaks during a press conference at the Ice headquarters, in Washington, May 21, 2025.
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In his matter, Murphy put the requirements of the interviews, saying that it should be made separately, with the possibility of access to lawyers and the immediate translator, and access to the necessary technology “in proportion to the arrival they will get if they are in the seizure of the National Security Ministry within the borders of the United States.”
During the court session earlier, the judge said he wanted to conduct interviews in a “appropriate place with a suitable degree of privacy”, even if that means “renting a room at the Holiday Inn Hotel”.
Murphy also said that the immigrants and their lawyers should get at least 72 hours of notification that a reasonable interview has been set for fear.
On Tuesday, Murphy issued an order directing the government to maintain the custody of any person covered by his first order to be removed to South Sudan or any other country “to ensure the practical feasibility of returning if the court finds that this removal is illegal.”
At a press conference earlier on Tuesday, the Ministry of National Security confirmed that eight migrants were placed on a trip from Texas that headed to the war on Monday, although they warned that this would not be the final destination for immigrants.
“There is no country on the ground that wanted to accept them because their crimes are very brutal and barbaric,” McLeulin, spokesman for the Ministry of National Security, told reporters at this press conference.
Many men were then convicted of the first and second -degree murder, according to the information issued by DHS.
Kiao Mia, a Burma citizen, was condemned with mysterious work and has a child laugh at less than 12 years. New Mint, a Burma citizen, was condemned for a first -degree sexual assault on a mentally unable and physical victim of the resistance.
Another condemned the theft, possession of a firearm, and the driving under the effect.
“A local judge in Massachusetts is trying to force the United States to return these unique barbarian monsters that pose a clear and present threat to the safety of the American people and American victims,” McLeulin said at the press conference. “While we are fully compatible with the orders of the law and the orders of the court, it is completely tampering with the provincial judge to dictate the foreign policy and national security of the United States of America.”
When asked about the eight men’s place, McLeulin said she could not “reveal their current existence at the present time,” but they were still in the seizure of the Ministry of National Security. The officials refused to determine their final destination, referring to security concerns.
“I would like to warn you of the assumption that their final destination is South Sudan. With regard to this agreement, I would definitely refer you to the details of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”
The officials said that the countries of origin for men refused to accept them, so the Ministry of National Security in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs found a country that would accept them through a “safe agreement for the country.”
“I can say that their countries of origin refuse to restore these individuals,” said Lyon’s customs and customs enforcement director.
photo. Mexico, Peter Domakh.
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Lyon said: “Detention of ice is not punitive.
However, McLeulin argued to reporters that the eight immigrants gave the due legal procedures.
“We are following the legal measures due to the United States’ constitution. These individuals have been granted and their lawyers have been granted a lot of the previous notice. With regard to these actual agreements, we can return to you with more information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” she said.
Outside the court on Wednesday, lawyers spoke to migrants to journalists who say South Sudan is a country that advises the Ministry of Foreign Affairs not to travel.
“They are not categorically safe,” Realmuto told reporters. “They are places where our separation members are not safe, and they are not given an opportunity to consult with the lawyer and take an informed option regarding fear of deporting them to those countries.”
Lawyers also said they had concerns about the circumstances faced by immigrants, who are still detained in a runway.
“No one is able to consult with them in terms of they are at the present time, and this includes a lawyer for the only person who has already obtained advice at the time of his removal.”
ABC News’ Ely Brown contributed to this report.
