Ward Sakeik was detained in February on her way home from her honeymoon in the US Virgin Islands

The US government has tried for the second time to deport a stateless Palestinian woman, according to court documents – despite a judge’s order barring her removal.

Ward Sakeik, a 22-year-old newlywed, was detained in February on her way home from her honeymoon in the US Virgin Islands. Last month, the government attempted to deport her without informing her where she was being sent, according to her husband, Taahir Shaikh. An officer eventually told her that she would be sent to the Israel border – just hours before Israel launched airstrikes on Iran.

After her lawyers filed suit on her behalf, US district judge Ed Kinkeade issued an order on 22 June barring the government from deporting Sakeik or removing her from the Texas district where she is being detained while her case is decided.

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    6 hours ago

    If you’re a Republican, you’re supporting this. You can claim you aren’t on board all you want, but at the end of the day, you’re supporting them.

    Maybe don’t, if you don’t like what the Republicans party is doing with the support you’ve given them.