Migrants and ICE officers contend with heat, smog and illness after detoured South Sudan flight

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Migrants and ICE officers contend with heat, smog and illness after detoured South Sudan flight

Lindsay Whitehurst

Associated Press Published: June 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM Tags: World news , Donald Trump , Washington news , Brian E. Murphy FILE - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer listens during a briefing, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (Alex Brandon, Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

WASHINGTON – Migrants placed on a deportation flight originally bound for South Sudan are now being held in a converted shipping container on a U.S. naval base in Djibouti, where the men and their guards are contending with baking hot temperatures, smoke from nearby burn pits and the loo