Court rejects Trump bid to swiftly deport migrants to countries not their own

17/5/2025 7:27

The Trump administration lost a bid on Friday to lift a judge's order barring it from swiftly deporting migrants to countries other than their own including Libya and El Salvador without first hearing their concerns about their safety.



The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to put on hold a judge's injunction that aimed to ensure migrants had an opportunity to raise claims they might be persecuted, tortured of killed if they are deported to countries not previously identified in their immigration proceedings.



The U.S. Department of Justice argued that the nationwide injunction U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy issued on April 18 has prevented the execution of perhaps thousands of pending deportation orders and has harmed President Donald Trump's ability to negotiate the removal of migrants to other countries.