Tricia McLaughlin, the assistant secretary for public affairs at the department of Homeland Security, stressed the gravity of the crimes committed by the deportees. Photograph: Valerie Plesch/The New York TimesA US aircraft carrying deportees described by a US Homeland Security official as “barbaric” and “violent” to North Africa against the directions of a US federal court judge stopped at Shannon Airport en route to its destination. It is reported the final destination of the eight deportees is South Sudan. Judge Murphy ruled the US government’s attempt to deport migrants to South Sudan “unquestionably” violated an earlier court order. An eighth man in the group was a citizen of South Sudan, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Source: The Irish Times May 22, 2025 09:33 UTC