US Supreme Court allows Trump administration to resume third-country deportations

The US Supreme Court has allowed the Donald Trump administration to temporarily resume deporting migrants to countries other than their home nations without first giving them an opportunity to raise human rights concerns.

According to SaharaReporters, the court also agreed to hear arguments on the legality of the policy later this year, with a ruling expected by July.

The decision marks the third time the Supreme Court has permitted the administration to enforce the deportation programme temporarily. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.

The policy allows migrants to be sent to third countries when their home nations cannot or will not receive them, including destinations with which they have no ties.

The court will consider whether lower courts had jurisdiction, whether they could issue relief covering all affected migrants and whether the policy is lawful. The case is listed as Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D. on the Supreme Court docket.

The administration had appealed after the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the removals, arguing the ruling disrupted deportation operations.