ICE details dangerous working conditions in Djibouti. But they don’t have to be there.

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ICE details dangerous working conditions in Djibouti. But they don’t have to be there. ICE officers are suffering due to Trump administration policy, not the law.

June 5, 2025, 2:30 PM EDT

By Jordan Rubin

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are laboring under dangerous conditions while maintaining custody over migrants they’re holding at a military base in Djibouti, according to a declaration from an ICE official Thursday. But the Trump administration is choosing to keep them there, so if the government’s top priority is caring for its workers, it could move them elsewhere while the legal process plays out.

The government had sought to deport a group of migrants to war-torn South Sudan , but U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy told the government to giv