NewzThe Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trumps administration continue deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal.The high court said it will hear arguments in December on the policy. Lower courts found migrants must have a meaningful chance to object before being sent to countries where they have no ties.The apparent 6-3 order halts an appeals court ruling for now.Federal attorneys said the lower-court decision forced the cancellation of a deportation flight carrying about 70 people bound for three countries.IN CASE YOU MISSED IT | New rule could make getting green card harder for immigrants using public benefitsThe justices previously allowed the deportation flights, a core Trump administration policy, to temporarily continue when the case came before them last year.Under a series of often-secret agreements, the Trump administration has deported some 25,000 people to more than two dozen countries, including Liberia and Guyana. The vast majority have been sent to Mexico.Trumps Republican administration has said that it sends people with final deportation orders to third countries when they can't be returned to their homelands or their native countries wont accept them, including those who have criminal convictions.
Those governments provide assurances that people wont be persecuted or tortured, federal attorneys said.IN CASE YOU MISSED IT | Bombshell DHS report shows inhumane conditions at 'Alligator Alcatraz'But some migrants have nevertheless found themselves imprisoned in countries theyd never heard of before their arrivals. Some also face serious safety risks and are left with little choice except to return to the home countries they were fleeing. Many have no criminal convictions and have been found to be at risk of torture or persecution, attorneys for the immigrants said.The case comes amid a sweeping immigration crackdown by the Trump administration, which has pledged to deport millions of people who are living in the United States illegally.
Conservative majority temporarily lifts lower-court decision as liberal justices dissent from rulingThe Trump administration may deport immigrants to a “third country”, or a country other than their homeland, without providing them an opportunity to dispute due to humanitarian concerns, the supreme court said in a brief order on Tuesday.The six-justice conservative majority of the high court temporarily lifted a lower court decision that determined immigrants being deported to a third country needed notice to argue they are at risk of persecution. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump’s administration continue swiftly deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal.The apparent 6-3 order temporarily lifts lower court requirements for migrants to get a chance to object before being sent to countries to which they have no ties.The Supreme Court will hear arguments in December.The Trump administration said last week the lower court order forced the cancellation of a deportation flight carrying about 70 people bound for three countries.The conservative majority has sided with the administration before on the core Trump administration policy, allowing deportation flights to temporarily continue last year.The court said it will consider several questions: whether the policy is lawful, whether lower courts had the authority to consider the case and issue a sweeping block, as well as other questions the government deems appropriate.Under a series of often-secret agreements, the Trump administration has deported some 25,000 people to more than two dozen countries, including Liberia and Guyana. Others also face serious safety risks and are left with little choice except to return to the home countries they were fleeing.
Supreme Court at https://apnews.com/hub/us-supreme-court. The Supreme Court on Tuesday let the Trump administration continue deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider the policy. The Supreme Court said in an unsigned order it will hear arguments in the challenge to the Trump administration's third-country-removal policy in December.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled the Trump administration can resume its policy of deporting immigrants to countries where they have no ties, for now, as the justices take up whether the deportations are legal. The justices announced they will take the bench in December to hear arguments before issuing a final decision. The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to resume rapidly deporting immigrants to "third countries" and will consider the legal question at a later date.The big picture: The policy of expelling migrants to countries that are not their home country has faced legal challenges from early in the president's second term — and the Supreme Court has once again cleared the administration's way.Driving the news: The court stayed a February 2026 order that detained immigrants should have "the right to meaningful notice" and should be able to raise concerns before being deported to a third country.The three liberal justices would have denied the administration's application for a stay.That prior order from U.S.
District Judge Brian Murphy, much of which was backed by a recent appeals court decision, said the administration's policy "fails to satisfy due process for a raft of reasons."This is a breaking news story and will be updated. The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume deportations of migrants to countries that are not identified in their removal orders. It also plans to hear full arguments on the case.(Image credit: Ezequiel Becerra)
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