Supreme Court Lets Trump Resume 25,000-Migrant Third-Country Deportations as December Hearing Looms
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 29
Supreme Court Lets Trump Resume 25,000-Migrant Third-Country Deportations as December Hearing Looms
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 29
Summary
An unsigned one-page Supreme Court order let the Trump administration restart rapid deportations of migrants to countries other than their own while the legal fight continues.
The move lifts a recent federal-court block that had required migrants be given a chance to contest removal and raise fears of persecution or torture in the destination country.
Three liberal justices said they would have denied the administration’s request, but the court also fast-tracked the case for oral arguments in December and a likely final ruling next year.
More than 25,000 migrants have been sent to third countries under the policy, including destinations in Latin America and Africa; Equatorial Guinea has drawn scrutiny after reports U.S. deportees were hooded, bound and beaten by police.