US Supreme Court Allows Resuming Third-Country Deportations

(MENAFN) The United States Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to continue deporting migrants to third-party nations.

This decision overturned a previous injunction issued by a lower court that had temporarily halted these deportations.

The ruling came through an unsigned order and lacked any written explanation.

The decision effectively paused a prior judgment by U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, who had ruled that individuals facing deportation to countries other than their homeland should be granted a "meaningful opportunity" to argue that they might face "torture, persecution or death" in those locations.

The Trump administration had previously arranged agreements to send migrants to nations such as South Sudan, where serious violations of human rights have been documented.

With the Supreme Court's latest ruling, the federal government is now authorized to remove individuals to those countries without them being able to mount legal objections.

The Supreme Court, currently dominated by a 6-3 conservative majority, saw its three liberal members voice strong opposition.

They criticized the decision, suggesting that it supports unlawful behavior.

"Apparently, the Court finds the idea that thousands will suffer violence in far flung locales more palatable than the remote possibility that a District Court exceeded its remedial powers when it ordered the Government to provide notice and process to which the plaintiffs are constitutionally and statutorily entitled," wrote Justice Sonia Sotomayor in her dissenting opinion.

She further stated, "Rather than allowing our lower court colleagues to manage this high-stakes litigation with the care and attention it plainly requires, this Court now intervenes to grant the Government emergency relief from an order it has repeatedly defied."

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