Courts blocked the handover after lawyers raised concerns of torture. Then the Supreme Court intervened to allow the Trump administration’s plan to move forward.

Eight migrants deported by the Trump administration to South Sudan are under the care of authorities in Juba after losing a legal battle against their transfer. The deportations have stirred controversy over safety concerns in politically unstable regions,

The Trump administration has deported to South Sudan eight migrants who had been held for more than a month by the U.S. at a military base in Djibouti, the Department of Homeland Security said on Saturday,