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US justifies sending migrants to South Sudan

US President Donald Trump gestures as he meets with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025. [AFP]

The US Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday justified its decision to deport Asian migrants to South Sudan -- one of the world's poorest countries and in the throes of internal conflict -- but suggested it was not their last stop.

Department spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin slammed a federal judge for suspending the expulsion, accusing him of "trying to force the United States to bring back these uniquely barbaric monsters," insisting they had committed violent crimes.

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