The Supreme Court on Monday handed a win to the Trump administration by allowing it to resume deporting criminal noncitizens to “third countries,” or places where they did not originate, such as South Sudan, without first giving them a chance to argue that they would face harm if removed.
In a brief, unsigned order, the justices granted the Justice Department’s emergency request to block a lower court ruling that required the government to provide advance notice and an opportunity for deportees to raise claims of persecution or torture related to third countries. The 6–3 ruling did not include an explanation, but the court’s three liberal justices dissented.
Venezuelan migrants board a plane heading back to their home country from Harlingen, Texas, on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Valerie Gonzalez)
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown
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