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The US Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to resume deporting migrants to third countries while the legal challenge against the policy continues. The court also agreed to hear arguments on the matter in December.
Why it matters
This decision impacts immigration policy and the legal rights of asylum seekers, highlighting ongoing tensions between judicial rulings and executive enforcement.
The supreme court has allowed the Trump administration to resume deporting people to countries other than their own without offering them the chance to show the harms they may face, bolstering a tool Donald Trump has used for rapid expulsions as part of his immigration crackdown.
The justices granted the DOJ’s request to halt Boston-based US district judge Brian Murphy’s ruling that the Department of Homeland Security’s policy to remove migrants to so-called third countries is unlawful , while the administration appeals the matter to the supreme court. They also agreed to hear arguments in the dispute in December, with a formal ruling on policy to follow.
Its three liberal justices dissented from the decision.
Federal attorneys said the lower-court decision forced the cancellation of a deportation flight carrying about 70 people bound for three countries.
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