A group of deported migrants is living in a converted shipping container at a U.S. military base in Djibouti, a country in East Africa, where they are guarded around the clock by a small team of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, according to a Thursday court filing .

Several migrants have been stuck at the base for more than two weeks, after the airplane they were on, which was originally bound for South Sudan, was rerouted mid-trip due to a federal judge's ruling . The court ruling came after multiple people facing deportation fought the Trump administration's effort to send them to South Sudan. Now, their case has reached the Supreme Court , which could issue a ruling at any time.

It's the latest example of migrants being caught in the legal crosshairs between Tr

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