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U.S. Judge temporarily halts deportations to third countries without chance to challenge

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration Friday from deporting people who have exhausted legal appeals to countries other than their own without first being allowed to argue that it would jeopardize their safety. U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy ruled that people with final orders of removal must have “a meaningful opportunity” to argue that being sent to a third country presents a level of danger deemed worthy of protection. Judge Murphy, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, sided with advocacy groups including the National Immigration Litigation Alliance, which sued Sunday in Boston on behalf of people who were transferred to third countries or feared they would be soon. An immigration judge ruled that another plaintiff could not be returned to Honduras but she fears she will be sent to a third country when she appears for a mandatory check-in next week at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in Dallas.

The Hindu

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