Attorneys for the Department of Homeland Security say the agency didn’t violate a judge’s order detailing when people may be deported to countries other than their own because it was the Defense Department — not DHS officials — doing the deporting.

Justice Department attorney Mary Larakers made the argument in a court document filed Wednesday, suggesting that U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy’s order wasn’t violated because the Defense Department isn’t a defendant in the lawsuit.

Murphy’s order, first issued March 28, blocked the Trump administration from deporting people who have exhausted legal appeals to countries other than their country of origin unless they are told of their destination and given a chance to object if they fear they will face torture or death there.

  • JailElonMusk@sopuli.xyz
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    22 hours ago

    Republican Administration:

    “We will bring accountability back to the government”

    Same Republican Administration:

    “The buck? I’ve never heard of the buck, but I know that it stops at the next guy and not with me.”