A federal judge decided on Wednesday that the deportation of non -state members without proper proceedings would violate his existing court regulation after sources shared the white house.
Lawyers who represented a group of migrants submitted an emergency application to prevent their deportation to Libya or Saudi Arabia, and quoted press reports and reports from first -hand migrants who claimed that they were actively prepared for the switch to Libya or Saudi Arabia in military aircraft.
Send to Libya or Saudi Arabia noncitencies without giving them the opportunity to express concerns about their security. ” Procedure.
In his command on Wednesday, judge Murphy made it clear that all “supposedly upcoming distances” in a country like Libya or Saudi Arabia would violate the injunction that he granted last month.
“If there are no doubt, the court sees the supposedly impending distances, as reported by news agencies, and as plaintiffs that are reported by reports on class members and public information, would clearly violate the order of this court.” Landmines, civilian unrest, kidnapping and armed conflicts that are not exploded. “
“Every class member who is brought to Libya faces a strong probability of adhesion, followed by torture and even disappearance or death,” says the plaintiff’s application. “In fact, in view of Libya’s human rights record, it is unimaginable that class members from other countries ever agree to removal to Libya, but would be uniformly looking for protection if they are removed for Libya.”
In order to support their application for the emergency regulations, lawyers who represented the non -state members included a number of exhibits that showed the scramble that took place on the last day when the lawyers wanted to determine whether one of their clients was forced to Libya. According to the lawyers, Laotian, Vietnamese and Filipino immigrants are exposed to removing.
An inmate takes part in a Bible presentation in the Terrorism Concess Center prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, April 4, 2025.
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According to two lawyers, whose correspondence was taken as an exhibits, their clients were informed that they would be removed and asked to sign according to Libya and to sign documents that agree to the deportations. As one of the men and a group of other migrants to sign the document, they allegedly became in separate rooms “in order to make them sign it,” said a lawyer.
“ICE [Immigrations and Customs Enforcement] I did not advise him that he has the right to apply for a reasonable anxiety interview, nor has ICE not informed me of removing her intention to remove him to Libya, with a clear violation of the regulations of the district court, ”wrote another lawyer.
Reports that the administration consider to pursue the deportations to Libya, follow the deportation of several suspected migrant gang members to El Salvador as part of a $ 6 million deal that has accommodated the Trump government with Salvadora President Nayib Bukele for imprisonment in Cecot Mega-Prison.
Lawyers who represented the non -citizens said they had turned to the Trump administration to confirm whether class members were on board flights to Libya and Saudi Arabia but had not heard.
When asked on Wednesday whether the United States will send migrants to Libya, President Donald Trump told reporters: “I don’t know that you have to ask the security of the home protection.”
Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Ministry of Homeland Security, who was asked about potential plans on Wednesday morning, said: “I can’t confirm anything.”
The Libyan government of National Unity has refused any connection to report on the deportation of migrants to this country and said in a statement: “The government confirms that it rejects the use of the Libyan territory as the goal of deporting migrants without knowledge or approval.”
ABC News has made a comment on the competing government of Libya, the government of national stability.
Officials of the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately answer a request for comments from ABC News.