The federal judge Randolph Moss issued an emergency order on July 4, 2025, which temporarily blocked the deportation of eight migrants to South Sudan just before the planned flight at 19:00. The dramatic stop came less than 24 hours after the conservative majority of the Supreme Court cleared the way for their removal and exceeded the protection of the judge in Boston.
Men from Cuba, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar, Sudan and Vietnam took place for six weeks in the Lemonnier camp, the American military base in Djibout, where they lived in the transfer containers in the middle of malaria risks and insufficient medical care.
Moss’s order that expired at 16:30 ET has allowed time to hear the arguments that they are deported to a country where they have no ties, violate their rights of proper processes.
Migrants face “immediate detention or death” in a conflict zone
None of the eight men has a connection with South Sudan, a country that the US Foreign Ministry warns Americans to avoid uncontrollable violent crime, kidnapping and active civil war.
Their lawyers claimed that they could face “torture, imprisonment or death” after arrival and quoted the UN reports on the degree of violence and food deficiency.
Although everyone had criminal beliefs in the US, several of them completed their sentences and planned voluntary returns to their home countries before they were redirected.
Trump’s administration declared a “trusted diplomatic assurance” from South Sudan about their safety, due to the unstability of the country, the immigrant advocate rejected.
Nationwide protests escalate in the middle of deportation
This case coincides with mass protests against Trump’s immigration policy, with more than 260 demonstrations of “free America” occur at the national level.
Los Angeles continued the night ban on clashes between protesters and 700 Marines deployed Trump, while the police in New York arrested 110 protesters outside the immigration courts.
The “Shut Down Ice” movement saw a assembly in 30+ cities, including Kansas City, where hundreds blocked the streets singing “Stop deportation!”
These demonstrations have intensified after LED -Latin raids, which caused several California cities to abolish July 4.
Legal battles reveal systemic conflicts of immigration
The intervention of Judge Mossa is governed by another orientation decision 2 July, where he blocked Trump’s “invasion” statement that banned asylum claims on the southern border.
This decision – adopted by Acla lawyers as defending the “power of the congress to adopt law” – Stressed Trump lacked the power to create an “alternative immigration system”.
Meanwhile, the 6-3 conservative majority of the Supreme Court repeatedly supported Trump’s deportation agenda, with the Sotomayor judge accusing his colleagues of the administration “for speed dialing” while “rewarding injustice”.
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These clashes emphasize the broken system where 250+ litigation question Trump’s immigration orders.
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