Overview

• A U.S. federal judge issued a temporary restraining order halting the deportation of migrants to Libya, citing violations of due process rights.
• The Trump administration had reportedly planned to use military flights to deport migrants to Libya, marking a significant escalation of its immigration enforcement strategy.
• Libya's rival governments publicly denied any agreement to accept deportees, with both the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity and Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army rejecting the plan.
• The U.S. State Department has previously condemned Libya's detention conditions as 'harsh and life-threatening,' raising serious human rights concerns about the proposed deportations.
• Immigration attorneys filed emergency motions after detainees from countries including Laos, Vietnam, and the Philippines were told they faced imminent removal to Libya.