US Supreme Court Allows Resumption of Migrant Deportations to Third-Party Countries

US Supreme Court Allows Resumption of Migrant Deportations to Third-Party Countries
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The US Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump administration may continue deporting migrants to third-party countries, lifting a lower court injunction that had temporarily halted such deportations, Anadolu Agency reported.

The Trump administration has established agreements to deport migrants to countries including South Sudan, where documented human rights violations exist. The Supreme Court’s decision allows the government to proceed with these deportations without the previously mandated legal safeguards.

The case will return to a federal appeals court for further proceedings, but the Supreme Court’s order enables the Trump administration to resume third-party deportations immediately.

Advocates for migrants condemned the ruling. Trina Realmuto, executive director of the National Immigration Litigation Alliance, which filed the lawsuit, warned that the decision “strips away critical due process protections” that shield vulnerable migrants from potential torture and death.

The lawsuit involves plaintiffs from Cuba, Honduras, Ecuador, and Guatemala.