A U.S. district judge blasted the Trump administration for its “cavalier acceptance” of the risk that a group of deported migrants will be tortured or killed.

U.S. officials appeared to have lavished a “widespread effort” on denying the migrants their due process rights, she said.

U.S. immigration judges had ruled that five plaintiffs in the case could not be deported to their home countries of Nigeria and Gambia because they were “more likely than not” to face persecution, torture, or death upon their return.

The plaintiffs, identified only by their initials for fear of persecution, were nevertheless deported to Ghana and are now being repatriated to their home countries.

In a scathing ruling, Judge Tanya S. Chutkan wrote that the court lacked jurisdiction to issue a temporary rest

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