A countdown is on for a plane of eight immigration detainees to be flown from a US Naval base in Djibouti to the war-torn country of South Sudan tonight. Lawyers for the migrants are rushing to a federal court in Massachusetts Friday afternoon to try to block the plane from taking off.

The Supreme Court is clearing the way for the deportation of several immigrants who were put on a flight in May bound for South Sudan, a war-ravaged country where they have no ties.