Lawyers said on Wednesday that the US told some people who came from other countries that it would send them back to Libya. These people are not from Libya, and there are problems with human rights in that country. A judge said that these people must be allowed to speak in court before they are sent back.

This legal problem is happening because the Trump government wants to send many people away. They even want to send people to countries that are not their own. One example that many people disagree with is sending people from Venezuela to a famous prison in El Salvador.

Sending people who are removed from the US to Libya, a country where migrants are often treated badly, would be a big step in the government's plan to send these people to other countries.

An official from the U.S. said on Wednesday that they planned to fly people who have moved to Libya on a military plane. But they didn't know exactly when the plane would fly. The official didn't want their name used because they were talking about military plans.

Lawyers who help people with immigration say some of their clients from countries like Vietnam, Laos, and the Philippines were told by officers that they would be sent back to Libya. Some were told they would go to Saudi Arabia.

On Tuesday morning, officers in Texas put six people who were being held in a room. The officers told them they had to sign a paper saying they would be sent back to Libya. Lawyers for people from Vietnam said this in court. They heard it from the families of the people being held.

The lawyers wrote that when everyone said no, they were put in different rooms with handcuffs on to make them sign it.

For example, a lawyer for a man from the Philippines told ICE in San Antonio that his client heard he would be sent to Libya. The lawyer wrote that his client "is afraid to go to Libya and needs to have a meeting before they send him away."

The judge says people from other countries should have a chance to explain why they can stay.

The lawyers went to court on Wednesday. They asked a judge in Massachusetts named Brian E. Murphy to help. This judge is in charge of a case about the government sending people away to countries that are not their own.

In March, he made a rule. It says that people should not be sent away from their country if it is not safe for them. This is true even if they have tried all other legal ways to stay.

On Wednesday, he said that sending people to Libya very soon would go against the Court's order. He also told the government to give information about why they wanted to send them.

The government sent people to Panama and Costa Rica, but these people were not from those countries. The government also sent people from Venezuela to El Salvador.

Sending people to another country has caused many questions about fair treatment, especially for people sent to El Salvador. People are asking if they will be hurt again there.

The Trump government said they are looking for other countries to send people to, not just the three in Central America. When someone asked about Libya on Wednesday, the government did not say much.

President Donald Trump asked the Department of Homeland Security questions. Secretary Kristi Noem said she could not say if news reports about sending people to Libya were true.

The government in Tripoli said it did not agree with the U.S. to take people who moved. But it said maybe other groups agreed to take them.

That seems to mean the other government in eastern Libya. A strong military leader named Khalifa Hifter is in charge of this government. For many years, Libya has had two different governments, one in the east and one in the west. Armed groups and other countries help each government.

The army in eastern and southern Libya, led by Hifter, also said they did not agree to take people who move from the U.S.

They said the Libyan Army will not let the migrants enter the areas they control, no matter the reason.

Many people have reported bad treatment of migrants who are kept in prison in Libya. UN investigators said they found proof of possible serious crimes, like killing, hurting, forcing people to work, and sexual violence.

Migrants told the news that they were often beaten and hurt. People asked their families for money to let them go.