The foreign men convicted of crimes who were placed on a deportation flight headed for the chaotic nation of South Sudan were originally from countries as far away as Vietnam. They had lived in various places from California to Iowa,

Lawyers for the immigrants, who aren’t from South Sudan, contend the deportations violate a court order after a previous attempt to send some people to Libya.

The Trump administration has reportedly started deporting individuals from Myanmar and Vietnam to South Sudan in apparent violation of a federal court order prohibiting such transfers, according to court filings submitted by immigration attorneys. Ethical issues arise from sending non-natives to an unsafe region.