Lawyers scramble to stop deportation flight to Libya they say ‘blatantly’ defies court order

 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/07/trump-libya-deportation-flight-00333968

The Trump administration is on the verge of “blatantly” defying a court order by deporting immigrants from Asia to the war-torn African nation of Libya, attorneys for the immigrants said Wednesday.

Citing “alarming reports” in the media and accounts from some of their clients, the lawyers filed an emergency motion seeking to block a military flight that appeared to be on the verge of taking off from the U.S.