“As an end-run around this prohibition, Defendants have enlisted the government of Ghana to do their dirty work.”The Department of Homeland Security and government of Ghana did not respond to States Newsroom’s request for comment. The attorneys argued that immigration judges granted their five plaintiffs fear-based deportation protections to their home country under the Immigration Nationality Act and Convention Against Torture. Third-country removalsA deportation protection, such as a “withholding of removal,” doesn’t create blanket protections from removal. The government must notify the deportee of the country of removal and give them a chance to object if they fear persecution there. Ghana is planning to remove them to their countries of origin by Friday, according to court records.