The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for the deportation of several immigrants to South Sudan, a country ravaged by war where they have no ties, overturning a previous order that protected them from removal.

A Russian research associate at Harvard University has been detained since February after being charged with smuggling frog embryos into the United States. Facing possible deportation, her lawyer disputes the allegations as “meritless.”

Tom Homan, the former Trump administration border czar, is standing by the deportation of Kilmar Abrejo Garcia, asserting, “What we did was right.” His defense comes despite the White House acknowledging that the deportation was an error, highlighting a significant conflict over immigration enforcement.