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President Donald Trump’s administration is asking the Supreme Court to clear the way for a deportation flight of several immigrants to South Sudan, a war-ravaged country where they have no ties. Tuesday’s motion comes a day after the justices allowed immigration officials to restart quick deportations to third countries. The justices halted a lower-court order that had allowed migrants to challenge removals to countries where they could be in danger. Judge Brian Murphy in Boston nevertheless found the deportation flight diverted to Djibouti in May couldn’t immediately resume its path to South Sudan since the Republican administration had not appealed that order. The Trump administration calls the judge’s finding “a lawless act of defiance.”

A judge says a deportation fight originally bound for South Sudan won’t be completing the trip right away even after a divided Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to start swiftly deporting immigrants to countries they aren’t from. Judge Brian Murphy found Monday that an order remains in force for those immigrants because the Supreme Court only halted his previous, broader order. The Department of Homeland Security, though, suggested other deportations to third countries could begin again soon. The Supreme Court’s conservative majority halted a decision from Murphy that requires immigrants get a chance to challenge any deportations to third countries where they might be in serious danger.