Legal Group Says ICE Scheduled Iran-Bound Deportation Flight Despite Judge Reyes's Advance-Notice Order

MS NOW reported on Nov. 8, 2026 that 11 Iranian nationals — 10 men and one woman — were scheduled to be flown by Immigration Customs and Enforcement from Mesa, Arizona, to Islamabad, Pakistan, on Sunday, despite a federal court order requiring five business days’ advance notice. Yasmine Chubin, the executive director of the group that raised the alarm, told MS NOW: “We have received credible information from multiple independent sources indicating that the U.S. government is proceeding with plans to deport Iranian nationals, including asylum seekers, to Iran, via Pakistan, despite a federal court order requiring five business days’ advance notice”

In a court hearing on Oct. 15, U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes said deporting Iranians to their native country was the equivalent of sending them to Nazi Germany during World War II, and warned: “If anything happens that violates either of those two orders, I will hold every single person associated with violating it”. Earlier reporting on Iran-bound flights is at 2026-08-18–intercept-ice-coordinated-iran-deportation-flights-during-twelve-day-war.