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Rubio warns court order blocking deportations to South Sudan causes ‘irreparable harm’ to foreign policy
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that a federal court order requiring the U.S. government to maintain custody of deportees on a flight meant for South Sudan will cause «significant and irreparable harm to U.S. foreign policy.»
The Trump administration late Friday filed two court documents after U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy of Massachusetts said the deportation flight violated his previous April injunction that allows deportees time to challenge an order to be sent to a country other than their own.
«This Department of Justice believes that this situation urgently requires judicial intervention to restore President Trump’s full Article II authority to conduct foreign policy,» a U.S. Department of Justice official told Fox News Digital.
Rubio noted the order has already complicated U.S. diplomacy with Libya, South Sudan and Djibouti and presents a serious threat to the president’s Article II authority to conduct foreign policy.
FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO TRACK DEPORTED IMMIGRANTS TO SOUTH SUDAN
The Trump administration late Friday filed two court documents after a judge said a deportation flight violated his previous injunction that allows deportees time to challenge an order to be sent to a country other than their own. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Rubio said in his filing that the court’s orders had «already interfered with quiet diplomatic efforts and exacerbated internal political and security divisions» in Libya.
The order also threatens to «derail efforts to quietly rebuild a productive working relationship with Juba,» the capital of South Sudan, he said.
Rubio said before the court’s intervention that the South Sudan government had refused to accept a South Sudanese national but had since «taken steps to work more cooperatively with the U.S. government.»
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Thirdly, Rubio said the order «causes harm» in Djibouti, which is «strategically located in the Horn of Africa» with the only U.S. military base on the African continent.
The deportees are being temporarily held at a U.S. Naval base in Djibouti.
A deportation flight headed for Guatemala in January. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez, File)
In the second filing, the administration asked the court to «reconsider» its order and «highly burdensome requirements.»
«Because of this Court’s Orders, [the U.S. government is] currently detaining dangerous criminals in a sensitive location without clear knowledge of when, how, or where this Court will tolerate their release,» the filing said.
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«This development has put impermissible, burdensome constraints on the President’s ability to carry out his Article II powers, including his powers to command the military, manage relations with foreign nations, and execute our nation’s immigration authorities.»
The deportees «enjoyed the benefit of full process under the laws of the United States and were lawfully removed from the country,» the filing claimed, calling for a stay if not a reconsideration of the order.
«These criminal aliens needed only state that they had a fear of removal to South Sudan to receive the other procedures required by the Court’s April 18, 2025 injunction,» the administration wrote. «The aliens did not do so. Therefore, DHS attempted to remove these aliens — who have committed the most reprehensible violations of our nation’s laws — to a place where they no longer pose a threat to the United States.»
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that a court order requiring the U.S. government to maintain custody of deportees on a flight meant for South Sudan will cause «significant and irreparable harm to U.S. foreign policy.» (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
The flight left from Texas earlier this week with eight migrants from Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cuba, Mexico and South Sudan.
Murphy issued the ruling Tuesday night after lawyers for the immigrants from Myanmar and Vietnam accused the Trump administration of illegally deporting their clients to third-party countries. They argue there is a court order blocking such removals.
Murphy’s ruling said the government must «maintain custody and control of class members currently being removed to South Sudan or to any other third country, to ensure the practical feasibility of return if the Court finds that such removals were unlawful.»
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Rubio announced in April that the U.S. would revoke visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and no others would be issued, attributing the change to «the failure of South Sudan’s transitional government to accept the return of its repatriated citizens in a timely manner,» according to a statement posted on X at the time.
The U.S. has third-party deportation agreements with a handful of countries, the most prominent being El Salvador, which has accepted hundreds of Venezuelan deportees from the Trump administration.
Fox News’ Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
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El dictador Miguel Díaz-Canel afirmó que Cuba tiene la “capacidad y disposición para dialogar con el gobierno de Estados Unidos”
El dictador cubano Miguel Díaz-Canel afirmó que Cuba tiene la “capacidad y disposición para dialogar con el gobierno de Estados Unidos”, pero sostuvo que cualquier conversación debe darse sin presiones y en condiciones de igualdad y respeto.
Las declaraciones se produjeron durante un discurso transmitido por la televisión estatal, en un contexto de presión económica de Washington sobre la isla tras el corte de los suministros petroleros desde Venezuela, histórico sostén del régimen cubano.
“Hemos dicho que tenemos capacidad y disposición para dialogar con el gobierno de Estados Unidos”, expresó Díaz-Canel en su mensaje televisado.
El líder del régimen cubano remarcó que cualquier proceso de diálogo debe excluir presiones externas. “El diálogo no puede ser bajo presiones”, afirmó, y agregó que “el diálogo tiene que ser en condiciones de igualdad, de respeto”.
Durante su intervención, Díaz-Canel también señaló que el régimen cubano denunciará cualquier intento de condicionar las conversaciones. “Y todo eso lo vamos a denunciar. Y sin miedo”, expresó.
“Nosotros sí tenemos la convicción de que nosotros tenemos que salir de nuestros problemas por nosotros mismos, con nuestro talento y con el coraje de los cubanos”, afirmó.
Horas antes del discurso de Díaz-Canel, el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, confirmó que su administración inició negociaciones con los altos mandos del régimen cubano y afirmó que confía en alcanzar un acuerdo.
“Estamos hablando con las más altas esferas de Cuba. Veamos qué pasa”, declaró el presidente estadounidense. “Creo que vamos a llegar a un acuerdo con Cuba”, agregó.
Las declaraciones del mandatario estadounidense se produjeron tras la captura del dictador narco Nicolás Maduro por fuerzas estadounidenses y el corte efectivo de los suministros petroleros desde Venezuela, principal sostén histórico del régimen cubano.
Trump enfatizó en reiteradas oportunidades que Cuba “no podrá sobrevivir” sin ese apoyo y la calificó como una “nación fallida” al borde del colapso.
La noche del sábado, el presidente estadounidense respondió a las advertencias de la presidenta mexicana Claudia Sheinbaum, quien señaló que cortar el suministro de crudo a Cuba provocaría una crisis humanitaria.
“No tiene por qué haber una crisis humanitaria. Creo que probablemente vendrán a nosotros y querrían hacer un trato. Así que Cuba será libre nuevamente. Vendrán a nosotros y harán un trato”, dijo Trump.
En ese mismo contexto, circularon informaciones no confirmadas que indicaron que una delegación cubana, encabezada por el general Alejandro Castro Espín, habría mantenido reuniones en México con un alto funcionario de la Agencia Central de Inteligencia (CIA).
Según esas versiones, el objetivo de los encuentros habría sido explorar una salida negociada a la actual crisis bilateral y gestionar el eventual desbloqueo de 133 millones de dólares depositados en una cuenta bancaria vinculada a remesas de emigrantes cubanos. La delegación buscaría utilizar esos fondos para la compra de combustible.
“Están hablando de todo”, señaló una fuente consultada sobre el alcance de las conversaciones.
Entretanto, la Oficina de Asuntos del Hemisferio Occidental del Departamento de Estado exigió al régimen cubano cesar inmediatamente sus acciones represivas.
“El régimen ilegítimo cubano debe cesar inmediatamente sus actos represivos de mandar a individuos para interferir en la labor diplomática del Encargado de Negocios Hammer”, señaló el organismo en su cuenta de X.
“Nuestros diplomáticos continuarán reuniéndose con el pueblo cubano, a pesar de las tácticas fallidas de intimidación del régimen”, añadió la Oficina.
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Russia kills 12 Ukrainian miners in deadly bus attack hours after peace talks postponed
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A Russian drone strike hit a bus carrying miners in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region on Sunday, killing at least 12 people.
Ukrainian emergency services later reported the death toll had risen to 15 in one of the deadliest single attacks on energy workers since the start of the war.
The attack Sunday came a few hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced a new round of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia had been postponed.
A spokesperson for DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy firm, which employed the workers, told Fox News Digital that drones had targeted the bus as it traveled «roughly 40 miles from the front line in central and eastern Ukraine.»
The DTEK spokesperson also described the incident as a «terrorist attack on civilian infrastructure.»
«This strike was a targeted terrorist attack against civilians and another crime by Russia against critical infrastructure,» the spokesperson added.
RUSSIA UNLEASHES MAJOR DRONE, MISSILE ATTACK ON UKRAINE AS US DIPLOMATIC TALKS CONTINUE
Russian drone strike killed at least 12 Ukrainian coal miners and injured seven others when it hit a civilian bus in Dnipropetrovsk region. (State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk region)
The bus was transporting miners after the end of their shift when it was hit by a Russian drone, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine also confirmed.
At least seven workers were injured, and a fire sparked by the impact was later extinguished by emergency crews.
«The epicenter of one of the attacks was a company bus transporting miners from the enterprise after a shift in the Dnipropetrovsk region,» the company also said in a statement.
Zelenskyy condemned the strike late Sunday, calling it another deliberate attack on civilians.
RUSSIA SAYS UKRAINE PEACE TALKS ‘PROCEEDING CONSTRUCTIVELY,’ AS KREMLIN LAUNCHES DEADLY STRIKE ON ODESA
Russian drone strike killed at least 12 Ukrainian coal miners and injured seven others when it hit a civilian bus in Dnipropetrovsk region. (State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk region)
Earlier in the day, he announced that the next round of trilateral talks involving Ukraine, Russia and the U.S. would now take place Feb. 4-5 in Abu Dhabi, after originally being expected for Sunday.
«Ukraine is ready for a substantive discussion, and we are interested in ensuring that the outcome brings us closer to a real and dignified end to the war,» Zelenskyy said on X, adding that the delay had been agreed to by all sides.
The delay followed a surprise meeting Saturday in Florida between Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy, and Kirill Dmitriev, the Kremlin’s special envoy and head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund.
The talks in Abu Dhabi are now expected to include representatives from Ukraine, Russia and the U.S., according to the Associated Press.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have both met separately with President Donald Trump. Despite a peace deal agreement being close, territorial disputes remain, Zelenskyy said. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP; Christian Bruna/Getty)
Meanwhile, Zelenskyy warned Russia is stepping up its aerial campaign against civilian and logistical targets.
«Over the past week, Russia has used more than 980 attack drones, nearly 1,100 guided aerial bombs, and two missiles against Ukraine,» he wrote on X on Sunday. «We are recording Russian attempts to destroy logistics and connectivity between cities and communities.»
In a statement, DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko also explained the bus attack marked the company’s «single largest loss [of] life of DTEK employees since Russia’s full-scale invasion.»
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«We can already say with certainty that this was an unprovoked terrorist attack on a purely civilian target, for which there can be no justification,» Timchenko said.
The attack marked «one of the darkest days in our history,» he added. «DTEK teams are working with emergency services on the ground in Dnipropetrovsk region to ensure the injured, and families who have lost loved ones, get all the care and support they need. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten,» he added.
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