US Supreme Court allows Trump to continue third-country deportations

What the report says

The US Supreme Court has temporarily allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to keep carrying out third-country deportations while a broader legal challenge continues. In an unsigned emergency order on Tuesday, the justices paused a lower-court ruling that had blocked the practice over due process concerns. The court said arguments in the case are expected in December, keeping the issue alive as the administration continues to appeal.

The case stems from a decision by US District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston, who ruled that immigrants should have a meaningful chance to raise safety concerns before being removed to countries they may not be connected to. Al Jazeera reported that the Supreme Court did not explain its reasoning or reveal the vote breakdown, although the court’s three liberal justices said they would have denied the administration’s request.

The ruling matters because third-country deportations have become a central part of Trump’s mass deportation campaign, especially when a person’s home country will not accept them. Rights advocates have said the practice can put deportees at risk if they are sent to places with poor human rights records or onward to countries where they may face harm. The high court has already allowed similar removals this year, and recent reporting has highlighted agreements with multiple countries to accept non-citizens removed from the US.