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May 8, 2025

U.S. Judge Warns Plan to Expel Undocumented People to Libya Would Violate Court Order
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A federal judge on Wednesday warned a Trump administration plan to send
undocumented immigrants to Libya would violate a court order issued in
March. Lawyers for immigrants from Laos, Vietnam and the Philippines
believe a North Africa-bound deportation flight could take off as early
as this week. But Libya's two rival governments have denied any such
agreement with the U.S., calling the potential move a violation of the
country's sovereignty. Libya has a track record of gross human rights
violation in its treatment of refugees and immigrants; the U.N. has
reported "widespread practices of arbitrary detention, torture, rape and
slavery."


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