South Sudan confirmed this week that eight convicted criminals, who were deported by President Trump’s administration, are now in its custody. South Sudan’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that the eight migrants — who hail from countries such as Cuba,

Courts blocked the handover after lawyers raised concerns of torture. Then the Supreme Court intervened to allow the Trump administration’s plan to move forward.

The Trump administration has deported to South Sudan eight migrants who had been held for more than a month by the U.S. at a military base in Djibouti, the Department of Homeland Security said on Saturday,