Judge warns against deporting migrants to Libya

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published May 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM EDT

A federal judge is warning the Trump administration against its plans to deport migrants in the U.S. to Libya.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Abdulkader Assad, senior political editor at the Libya Observer, an independent online news organization.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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