ICE transferred Haitian detainee out of Florida despite court order, lawyers say

Dimitri Vorbe, 52, was arrested by federal agents nine months ago and is now among a number of individuals being targeted for deportation based on a little known foreign policy authority of the secretary of state. Vorbe family

By Jacqueline Charles and Jay Weaver

Lawyers for a prominent Haitian national held at Krome Detention Center since September are accusing immigration authorities of violating a federal judge’s order after they transferred him to a detention facility in Mississippi.

Dimitri Vorbe’s transfer was in direct violation of a federal court’s order prohibiting his removal from the Southern District of Florida while he’s seeking judicial review of his detention, his lawyers said in an expedited motion filed on Monday. They want the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Miami field office “to show cause as to why the Court should not hold them in contempt for violation” of the court’s orders.

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