But agency spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin told reporters South Sudan was not the migrants ... She said it was "absurd for a US judge to try to dictate the foreign policy and national security ...

It wasn’t immediately clear whether the flight had arrived in South Sudan. The New York Times reported the plane carrying the migrants had temporarily landed at a US military base in Djibouti.

Previous administrations usually considered whether a transfer would endanger the migrant or create risks for the United ...

US President Donald Trump ... over concerns that migrant rights are being ignored. When asked how many people were being deported to South Sudan, McLaughlin told reporters there were only eight ...

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration must keep custody of illegal immigrants who lawyers said may have been unlawfully deported to South Sudan instead of their native countries.

US immigration authorities appear to have begun deporting migrants to South Sudan, attorneys say Immigration ... Administration laid out the major new policy shift on Tuesday.

Let us be clear though, it has never been done ... must retain custody and control of migrants apparently removed to South Sudan in case he orders their removals were unlawful.

Eight migrant detainees who were on a US flight destined for South Sudan are currently at a US military base in Djibouti, awaiting next steps as details over their case are hammered out in court ...

In a recent annual report, the US Department of State accused South Sudan of “significant human ... The lawyers allege that one migrant from Myanmar, called NM in the court filings, received ...

A federal judge has warned that US President Donald ... had been returned to Myanmar, not South Sudan. She declined to disclose where the second migrant, a Vietnamese man, was deported, saying ...