Once again, as a result of the Trump administrations’ rapid deportations, the federal court is being met with immigration lawyers representing a group of migrants planning on being deported to South Sudan–a country currently in crisis.
In response, Federal Judge Brian E. Murphey ordered U.S. officials to keep the migrants in custody to ensure they can safely return in the case of an unlawful deportation. Further, Murphey ordered the current administration to see those who are being removed, assess how much notice they received, and evaluate whether they feel a risk of persecution should they be removed. The administration has not responded to these demands.
Through both a state travel advisory and the use of a temporary protection for South Sudanese immigrants the U.S. has consistently shown an understanding of the danger in living in Sudan currently, with Sudanese citizens facing human rights violations and domestic conflicts. This case reflects others earlier instances of supposed deportations to Africa and other countries not of the immigrants’ origins.
This is once again a case utilizing the core American principle of Due Process. Judge Murphy is ordering the Trump administration to keep custody of the group of immigrants to ensure they are fairly assessed before any type of action takes place. Moreover, this case also illustrates checks and balances in action: executive actions are overseen by the judicial branch.
The case, along with other similar instances–raise questions about the Trump administration's policy priorities. Unlike previously, the current administration prioritizes rapid deportations coming at the cost of safety with plenty of opportunity for confusion. Judge Murphy's response is opposition to this trend, highlighting the need for a more cautious approach.
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This case seems like something that would be good for the Sudanese refugees, and while it does provide some hope, I wonder how at risk this court order will be. Trump has shown a consistent pattern of clashing with the federal court system as their bar his administration from his proposed "quick deportations," for example, and I was thinking that it may only be a matter of time before Trump decides not to obey the checks the court has on the executive branch that you mentioned. If anything, he would start with something relatively smaller, like this case specifically for the South Sudanese, and an issue that he has very strong opinions on, like immigration. Hopefully that is just a pessimistic view and he will have enough respect for the court and our democratic system to not violate court orders, but you never really know.
It's really very interesting to see how the Trump administration views people from other countries, as in a lot of situations it doesn’t even seem to see them as human. It is more of an artificial difference between someone who is a US citizen and someone who is a Sudanese citizen, but by focusing on that difference, those in charge can send Sudanese citizens off to a warzone without a care in the world.
This administration’s “I don’t care if it’s not my problem” is unbelivable. These immigrants that are getting deported to countries that are not even their own countries and their lives are at risk is just unacceptable. Deporting people back to where they came from has some logic behind it, especially if they immigrated illegally, but sending somewhere else that may be a worse condition than they have started from, that itself sounds nothing but illegal to me. These unreasonable actions that the administration is making to me sounds just as worse as illegally migrating.
The idea of being deported in general is terrifying. To be deported to South Sudan, of all places, is beyond describing. To deport people to a country in such a blatantly poor situation with little to no warning is an incredibly irresponsible thing for the US government to do. The Trump Administration is showing a complete lack of foresight or empathy in their actions, highlighted in this most recent case. While there are some legitimate grounds for deporting illegal immigrants, the foundation Trump stands upon crumbles when he neglects due process, a basic constitutional right, over and over again.
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