Federal judge temporarily blocks deportations to Libya

The Trump administration can't immediately deport undocumented immigrants to Libya as it would "clearly violate" an earlier order blocking U.S. officials on sending people to countries they're not citizens of, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.Why it matters: Sending people to Libya, which a 2023 U.S. State Department report says has "harsh and life-threatening prison conditions," is a sign the Trump administration is stepping up its hardline immigration policy of deporting people to third countries, even in the face of court orders.Driving the news: U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy issued granted the plaintiffs' request for a temporary restraining order "to prevent non-citizen removals to third countries, including but not limited to Libya and Saudia Arabia, without prior written notice and a meaningful opportunity to raise fear-based claims."Among those affected are people from the Philippines, Vietnam and Laos, per a motion, filed in U.S District Court in Massachusetts.They're being set for removal "without any reasonable fear screening, let alone a fifteen-day window to file a motion to reopen with the immigration court to contest any negative reasonable fear determination," the plaintiffs argue. Representatives for the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment on Wednesday evening.The intrigue: The Tripoli-based government of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah said in a statement posted on social media it "firmly denies the existence of any agreement or coordination with US authorities regarding the deportation of migrants to Libya."Go deeper: Court blocks Trump admin from sending Venezuelan immigrants to Guantánamo

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