Exclusive | ICE officers stranded in Djibouti under outrageous conditions after court blocked criminal migrant deportations: source

WASHINGTON — Three Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have been marooned in Djibouti with eight criminal migrants under “outrageous” living conditions and the threat of rocket attacks from Yemen after a federal judge barred the convicts’ deportation to South Sudan, The Post has learned.The eight migrants — who have been convicted of murder, sexually assaulting minors, robbery and arson, among other crimes — are being housed in a Conex shipping container on a US naval base in the African country and are watched around the clock by the team of ICE officers.Pentagon officials warned ICE after the team’s arrival that Camp Lemonnier is at risk of rocket strikes from Houthi terrorists across the Red Sea in Yemen, while the officers have also been exposed to toxic smog from nearby burn pits where locals dispose of trash and human waste.Following a late May order by Boston US District Judge Brian Murphy, the officers had to land the flight carrying the migrants in East Africa without taking any anti-malaria medication — which was not provided until more than two days after they arrived.Some “began to feel ill within 72 hours of landing in Djibouti,” a Department of Homeland Security source told The Post.A flight nurse was able to later find some anti-malaria medication, though the supply has been limited.In addition, the officers are the only federal personnel authorized to escort the migrants to the bathroom and pat them down for weapons and contraband, and the grueling ordeal has required them to be relieved by fill-in teams periodically.“It is outrageous that this judge is putting the health and safety of law enforcement officers at risk for the sake of criminals,” the source said.Murphy, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, ordered the flight grounded May 22 when he ruled that the Trump administration had “unquestionably” violated a March court order pausing migrant removals to countries from where they do not originat...