NEWS ALERT: Federal judge blocks Trump admin deportation of 8 foreign nationals

February 20, 2025

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Pro-migrant lawyers are now resorting to another tactic to prevent illegal aliens from being deported. They simply claim that the person is fleeing violence and at risk of being killed if they are sent back to their home country, a claim that could be very difficult to disprove.

That tactic worked on Thursday, according to a report by Politico, who never once referred to the would-be deportees as ‘illegal aliens,’ but instead called them ‘asylum seekers.’

From Politico: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from quickly deporting eight foreign nationals who say they are likely to be persecuted or killed if they’re returned to their home countries — including a family of four fleeing the Taliban.

However, the Justice Department indicated Thursday that one of the prospective asylum seekers, identified only as N.S. in public court filings, may already be en route back to Ecuador, where she says her husband — a police officer who she says has raped her, beat her and held her at gun point — might kill her.

Lawyers for the asylum seekers say the Trump administration has flagrantly ignored federal laws that require people who have “credible fear” of persecution and violence in their home countries be given a chance to legally seek shelter in the United States.

U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss, an appointee of President Barack Obama, agreed to block deportation of the eight through noon on Monday by issuing an “administrative stay” freezing the status quo until the court can receive more information on the situation.

“We are all a little bit in the dark,” Moss said, as he set another hearing on the issue for 9 a.m. Monday.

The illegal aliens who just got a temporary break from deportation include:

The woman from Ecuador who claims her husband might kill her
A family of four – presumably from Afghanistan – who say they fear persecution by the Taliban if they are deported
One person claiming to be fleeing a cartel in Ecuador
One claiming to flee domestic violence in Brazil
One person who claims he was jailed and tortured in Egypt over political views

JUST IN: Judge Randolph Moss in DC blocks deportation of 8 immigrants from US, in response to emergency motion filed late last night. Administrative stay issued after DOJ couldn’t immediately say what provisions the 8 were to be removed under under. Doc: https://t.co/whdpBCmD32

— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) February 20, 2025

Liberals are cheering the judge’s ruling:

🚨NEW: Federal Judge Randolph Moss has blocked the Trump Administration from illegally deporting asylum seekers who fled persecution, violence, and torture in their own countries.

RETWEET to thank Judge Moss for standing up to the Trump Administration for the rule of law! pic.twitter.com/nxNJT8yWZg

— Protect Kamala Harris ✊ (@DisavowTrump20) February 20, 2025