Eight people from Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cuba, Mexico and South Sudan were on a flight intended for South Sudan this week.

The Trump administration said Wednesday that immigrants flown to South Sudan in potential defiance of a court order were such violent criminals, no other country would take them.The individuals in question,

A federal judge ruled late Tuesday that U.S. officials must retain custody and control of migrants apparently removed to South Sudan in case he orders their removals were unlawful.