Supreme Court allows Trump to restart controversial deportations to countries they have no connection to

The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to temporarily continue a policy of deporting migrants to third-party countries where they have no existing connections. The court will hear arguments on the legality of this practice later this year.
Why it matters
The ruling impacts immigration policy and the legal rights of asylum seekers, setting a precedent for how the U.S. manages migrant processing.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to restart its program of removing migrants to countries other than their homeland without giving them an opportunity to raise human rights concerns, and said it would hear arguments in the case later this year. The decision marked the third time the high court has allowed the Trump administration to enforce that effort on a temporary basis. The court’s three liberal justices dissented from that decision. But while the Trump administration can continue the program now, the court also said it would hear merits arguments in the case this December, adding a high profile immigration appeal involving the Trump administration to its docket. A decision is expected by July. The administration launched the policy last year as part of its crackdown on immigration.
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