Man deported to Laos despite US court order blocking his removal, attorneys say

[FBaggins]

7. Probably not. Filling in the gaps it makes more sense

Not “makes sense” as to why he was arrested or deported… but rather how he could be in Laos after a court order.

The short answer is that we don’t have a reason to believe that he was deported in violation of the court’s order.

He was told at some point prior to Thursday that he would be on the next flight out. He then applied (on his own) for an emergency order. The ACLU was not representing him at the time.

The order was “ex parte” - which is to say that the government wasn’t involved in the hearing (let alone presented their position).

His wife heard from him over the weekend and he had been deported. What we don’t know is when he was deported and (critically) whether that was before or after the government received the order (or even whether it was before or after the court made the order). For all we know he filed the petition a week ago and the next flight was before the judge even saw it.


https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-lamd-3_25-cv-00938/pdf/USCOURTS-lamd-3_25-cv-00938-0.pdf