Francisco Javier Montoya evaded ICE custody after immigration intervened, one even swapping clothes with him to help him avoid detection.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigration authorities appear to have begun deporting migrants from Myanmar and Vietnam to South Sudan despite a court order on removals to third countries, attorneys for the migrants said Tuesday. Up to a dozen people from several countries may have been deported to Africa, immigration rights lawyers told a judge.

The deportees are stuck in Djibouti amid a legal fight over their expulsions. A lawyer for some of the men said she was concerned for their health and welfare.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem taunted deported migrants with a "Suck it" post after their Guantánamo-related lawsuit was dropped.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem drew swift backlash on Thursday after posting a celebratory but crude message on social media in response to the dismissal of a lawsuit against her department.

Kristi Noem fired a tasteless dig at migrants after a lawsuit they brought was rendered moot because most of them had already been deported. “Suck it,” the Department of Homeland Security secretary wrote from her official X account,