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.

Sources in the DHS tell Fox News Digital that ICE officers are starting to arrest illegal immigrants when they make court appearances for asylum hearings.

The Trump administration is releasing migrants to shelters along the US-Mexico border, despite a warning from FEMA that such aid might be illegal. Shelters are caught between helping immigrants and legal concerns,

House Republicans are committed to an extraordinary influx of funding to ramp up the president’s deportation agenda and border enforcement.

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.

Immigration attorneys on Tuesday alleged the Trump administration deported to South Sudan a group of migrants who are not from the war-torn country, in violation of a court order. U.S.

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

In a statement on Monday, immigration officials said agents were “targeting a business with alleged unauthorized hiring practices.”

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