US Supreme Court again allows deportations of undocumented migrants to third countries
The conservative-majority court granted a Trump administration request to suspend a lower court ruling, permitting removals to countries other than migrants' own.
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The US Supreme Court has again granted the Trump administration's request to suspend a lower court decision, allowing the deportation of an undocumented individual to a country other than their own, according to Le Monde. The conservative-majority court's move continues a pattern of rulings that have expanded the administration's ability to carry out third-country removals.
The decision comes after lower courts had imposed limits on the practice, which the administration sought to have lifted while broader litigation over the policy continues.
Part of a broader legal pattern
Third-country deportations, in which migrants are removed to nations other than their country of origin, have been a recurring point of legal contention during the Trump administration, with courts at various levels weighing in on the practice's legality and the due process protections owed to those affected.
The Supreme Court's willingness to grant a stay in this instance reflects its recent posture on immigration enforcement cases brought by the administration, in which the court has repeatedly sided with the government on emergency requests to lift lower court restrictions while cases proceed.
Le Monde's report did not name the individual affected by the ruling or specify which third country the removal would be carried out to, focusing instead on the court's procedural decision to grant the stay.
The ruling is likely to fuel continued debate over the legal and humanitarian implications of removing migrants to countries with which they may have no prior connection, as related litigation continues to work its way through the courts.
Sources
- Aux Etats-Unis, la Cour suprême donne un nouveau feu vert à l’expulsion de sans-papiers vers des pays tiers — Le Monde — Une
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