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Anderson Cooper 360

Federal Judge: Libya Deportation Flight Could Violate Court Order

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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4.13.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The administration appears ready to transport migrants they've arrested in the U.S. and send them to Libya. A federal judge said that deporting migrants to Libya or Saudi Arabia would violate his previous order if they were not provided written notice and an opportunity to contest ahead of time, according to a new filing. Plus, Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports from Milwaukee on the lead contamination crisis impacting kids in several public schools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Tonight on 360, the administration appears ready to put migrants they've arrested here and send

0:06.6

them to Libya on a plane like this one, which is what they used back in January to send

0:11.0

them to Central America.

0:12.8

Also tonight, a closer look at the president's crypto business after a new report shows

0:16.2

more than 750,000 investors may have lost money on the president's crypto meme coin, but 58 investors

0:24.5

made more than a billion dollars combined.

0:27.3

And day one of the papal conclave, how it all unfolded and all were learning about how the

0:32.0

next pope is being chosen.

0:34.6

Good evening.

0:35.6

Thanks for joining us right now.

0:36.2

The Trump administration appears to be ready to fly migrants on a military C-17 transport from an air base in Texas to Libya.

0:43.3

Now the Libyan government denies it. President Trump, when asked, wouldn't talk about it. But today a federal judge did, telling the administration that sending anyone any place other than back to their home country could be a violation of his order not to do so.

0:56.3

Sena Niz Priscilla Alvarez joins us now with the very latest.

0:58.6

Is anyone saying where this plane is right now and who if anyone is on it?

1:04.2

Well, Anderson, our reporting indicates that it's still in Texas.

1:06.8

That has been where these military flights have originated over the course of the last few months.

1:12.0

But to your other point about who's on it, that has been the scramble for attorneys

1:16.1

who have been trying to figure out if their clients could potentially be on this flight.

1:21.0

In fact, one attorney saying in a court filing that his Filipino client had been told by

1:26.5

immigration and customs enforcement that he would be sent to Libya.

1:29.6

He was told that verbally and that is important because Anderson last month, a federal judge said that the administration could not remove individuals to countries that weren't their own unless they provided written notice and they allowed some time for that person to contest their removal to that country.

1:47.3

That appears to not have happened here.

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