Lawsuit says U.S. deported migrants to Ghana to sidestep restrictions

[Pyrite]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/13/ghana-deportation-trump-migrants/

A new lawsuit against the Trump administration alleges that five migrants were unlawfully deported to Ghana, with four enduring the 16-hour flight in “straitjackets,” to circumvent restrictions against sending them back to their home countries.

It’s the latest legal challenge to one of the Trump administration’s most contested enforcement actions. The lawsuit, filed Friday by the civil rights advocacy group Asian Americans Advancing Justice, alleges that judges had granted fear-based immigration relief to the five plaintiffs, ruling that they faced persecution or torture if they returned to their home countries of Nigeria and Gambia. But during their deportation flight, the complaint said, the plaintiffs were told by an ICE officer that they would still be transferred to their home countries after landing in Ghana.

“Defendants have enlisted the government of Ghana to do their dirty work,” reads AAAJ’s complaint, which was filed in federal court in D.C. “Despite the minimal, pass-through involvement of the Ghanaian government, Defendants’ objective is clear: deport individuals who have been granted fear-based relief from being sent to their countries of origin to those countries anyway, in contravention to the rulings of U.S. immigration judges and U.S. immigration law.”

U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan said at an emergency hearing Saturday afternoon that it appeared the Trump administration crafted a deal “to make an end run” around U.S. legal requirements, according to Reuters. Chutkan ordered the Trump administration to provide more information by Saturday night about what they’ve done or plan to do to prevent the plaintiffs from being moved to their home countries, according to court documents....

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I wonder how much the trump administration promised to pay Ghana? To pay the Ghanaian Government or an individual or two in that Government?

Or were the Ghanaians smart enough to insist on payment upfront?

 

[ColdHardTruth]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/13/ghana-deportation-trump-migrants/

A new lawsuit against the Trump administration alleges that five migrants were unlawfully deported to Ghana, with four enduring the 16-hour flight in “straitjackets,” to circumvent restrictions against sending them back to their home countries.

It’s the latest legal challenge to one of the Trump administration’s most contested enforcement actions. The lawsuit, filed Friday by the civil rights advocacy group Asian Americans Advancing Justice, alleges that judges had granted fear-based immigration relief to the five plaintiffs, ruling that they faced persecution or torture if they returned to their home countries of Nigeria and Gambia. But during their deportation flight, the complaint said, the plaintiffs were told by an ICE officer that they would still be transferred to their home countries after landing in Ghana.

“Defendants have enlisted the government of Ghana to do their dirty work,” reads AAAJ’s complaint, which was filed in federal court in D.C. “Despite the minimal, pass-through involvement of the Ghanaian government, Defendants’ objective is clear: deport individuals who have been granted fear-based relief from being sent to their countries of origin to those countries anyway, in contravention to the rulings of U.S. immigration judges and U.S. immigration law.”

U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan said at an emergency hearing Saturday afternoon that it appeared the Trump administration crafted a deal “to make an end run” around U.S. legal requirements, according to Reuters. Chutkan ordered the Trump administration to provide more information by Saturday night about what they’ve done or plan to do to prevent the plaintiffs from being moved to their home countries, according to court documents....

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I wonder how much the trump administration promised to pay Ghana? To pay the Ghanaian Government or an individual or two in that Government?

Or were the Ghanaians smart enough to insist on payment upfront?

The third-reich wing doesn't follow the law, they have no respect for the constitution, and they are complete corrupt.

When the Democrats retake the government there will be a new set of Nuremberg trials.