Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that a federal court order requiring the U.S. government to maintain custody of deportees on a flight meant for South Sudan will cause “significant and irreparable harm to U.S. foreign policy.” The Trump administration late Friday filed two court documents after U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy of Massachusetts […]
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Federal judge orders Trump administration to track deported immigrants to South Sudan
A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump‘s administration must maintain custody of illegal immigrants deported to South Sudan in case he rules the removals unlawful and they must be transferred back to the U.S. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Massachusetts issued the ruling Tuesday night after lawyers for illegal immigrants from Myanmar and […]
US revokes all South Sudan visas, bars future issuance until deportees accepted
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday announced the U.S. will revoke visas held by South Sudanese passport holders will be revoked, and no others will be issued, effective immediately. Rubio attributed the change to “the failure of South Sudan‘s transitional government to accept the return of its repatriated citizens in a timely manner,” according […]
Germany temporarily shuts embassy in South Sudan amid fears of civil war
Germany has temporarily closed its embassy in South Sudan’s capital Juba because of rising tensions that have brought the East African country to the verge of civil war, the German foreign ministry said on Saturday. South Sudan President Salva Kiir this week sacked the governor of Upper Nile state, where clashes have escalated between government […]