Washington (United States) (AFP) – The US Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted restrictions on the deportations of immigrants to countries that are not their own, while agreeing to hear the issue on its merits in December.
The conservative-dominated high court granted an emergency request by the Trump administration to suspend a lower court ruling that restricted, but did not outright ban, so-called “third-country removals.”
The lower court had said people targeted with deportation must be given effective notice ahead of time about where they are being sent to allow them to raise concerns about potential persecution.
The three liberal justices on the nine-member bench said they would not have granted the administration’s request.
President Donald Trump campaigned on promises to expel millions of undocumented migrants from the United States and has taken several actions aimed at speeding up deportations since returning to the White House in 2025.
The Trump administration has defended third-country deportations as necessary since the home nations of some of those who are targeted for removal sometimes refuse to accept them.
In a brief to the Supreme Court, opponents of lifting the restrictions argued that the lower court ruling did not fully block all third-country deportations, “it simply requires them to do so lawfully.”
Trump’s solicitor general, John Sauer, meanwhile told the court that the rapid deportation to third countries was “an essential tool to remove certain aliens, including some of the worst criminal aliens.”
The lower court ruling “created substantial logistical problems” with removals, he said.
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Guess the settlers never fully let go of their passion for human trafficking.
At what point did we start tracking the political affiliation if judges. The entire point of the judicial system is to protect people. I genuinely don’t know how this is legal or ethical.
supreme court picks have often been identified by the party of the president that picked them. that is why the republicans would not affirm obamas pick for well over a year before he was out of office. they are not supposed to be political but the republicans have thrown most of that out. in the past a few judges ended up ruling in ways contrary to what the party they are associated would like.
