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Supreme Court Allows Trump's Quick Deportations to Third Countries to Resume
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News18•30-09-2026, 01:45
Supreme Court Allows Trump's Quick Deportations to Third Countries to Resume
- •The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to continue deporting individuals to countries other than their own, pending arguments in December.
- •Lower courts had previously ruled that migrants must have a meaningful chance to object before being sent to countries where they have no ties.
- •The 6-3 order temporarily halts an appeals court ruling that had forced the cancellation of a deportation flight carrying about 70 people.
- •The Trump administration has deported approximately 25,000 people to over two dozen countries, primarily Mexico, under often-secret agreements.
- •Critics argue that some migrants, including those without criminal convictions, face serious safety risks and potential persecution in these third countries.
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The US Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration's policy of quick deportations to third countries to resume temporarily while the justices consider its legality, scheduling arguments for December in an apparent 6-3 order.
The administration sends individuals with final deportation orders to third countries when they cannot be returned to their homelands, or when their native countries refuse to accept them.
Attorneys for the immigrants argue that many affected individuals have no criminal convictions, have been found at risk of torture or persecution, and face serious safety risks after being sent to unfamiliar countries.
