News Wrap: Judge says deportations to South Sudan violate court order
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🗓️ 21 May 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Other headlines, a federal judge says the Trump administration unquestionably violated a court order when it reportedly shipped a group of migrants en route to South Sudan. |
| 0:10.0 | Judge Brian Murphy said the eight men weren't given a chance to object to their deportations. |
| 0:14.8 | He also said those officials responsible could face criminal contempt penalties. |
| 0:19.2 | Earlier today, immigration officials said the men were afforded due process |
| 0:23.2 | and remain in U.S. custody in compliance with court orders, |
| 0:27.0 | but they offered no details about their whereabouts. |
| 0:29.8 | The officials also railed against the judge's demands over their deportation efforts. |
| 0:34.9 | We see activist judges stepping in in a way that we have never seen before to put |
| 0:40.4 | criminals first and not the American people. This judge wants these criminals, these rapist |
| 0:46.4 | murders, out on the streets, in your communities. The Department of Homeland Security says |
| 0:53.0 | the deportees were convicted of serious crimes, including murder and sexual assault. |
| 0:57.7 | ICE officials said their home countries, which include Myanmar, Laos and Cuba, refused to take them back. |
| 1:03.7 | ICE and DHS declined to confirm whether South Sudan was, in fact, the flight's final destination. |
| 1:09.7 | The Pentagon says it has accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar for President Trump to use as Air Force One. |
| 1:16.6 | The Department of Defense says Mr. Trump will start using the plane once it's retrofitted to ensure proper security measures. |
| 1:23.1 | Critics, including some Republicans, have raised concerns about the cost of modifying the aircraft. |
| 1:28.3 | They also say accepting the jet is a violation of the Constitution's prohibition on foreign gifts. |
| 1:34.5 | Boeing has been working on new Air Force One jets for years, but has faced extensive delays. |
| 1:40.3 | That says the New York Times and CNN report the Trump administration first approached Qatar to |
| 1:44.9 | inquire about acquiring a plane that could be used as Air Force One, contradicting President Trump's |
| 1:50.4 | claim that Qatar reached out offering it as a free gift to him. In the Gaza Strip, health officials |
| 1:56.2 | say Israeli airstrikes killed more than 80 people overnight and into today, including several women and an infant. |
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