Trump administration urges Supreme Court to revive third-country deportation policy
Summary
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow a policy that sends some migrants to third countries instead of their home countries. A lower court blocked this policy because it said migrants must be told and allowed to challenge their deportation before being sent to these third countries.Key Facts
- The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to pause a court order that stops deportations to third countries without giving migrants notice or a chance to challenge it.
- The lower court said migrants need due process before being deported to a country they have no ties with.
- The policy lets immigration officials send migrants to third countries if those countries promise not to harm them.
- The Justice Department said this policy helped deport thousands of migrants, including some with serious criminal records.
- Some third countries accepting deportees include African nations with poor human rights records, such as Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, and South Sudan.
- Some migrants have been deported without notice or chance to appeal and feel stateless, especially those sent to countries far from their homes like Liberia.
- The policy mainly targets migrants protected from deportation to their home countries or whose home countries refuse or limit their return.
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is handling the emergency appeal and has set a deadline for responses from migrants’ lawyers.
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