The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to restart deporting migrants to countries other than their own without giving them the opportunity to demonstrate the potential risks they might face. This decision supports a key method the administration has used for quick expulsions as part of its immigration enforcement efforts.
The court approved the Justice Department’s emergency plea to delay a ruling by Boston-based U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, who found the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) practice of removing migrants to third countries as illegal. The court has also agreed to further examine the matter in December, with a final decision on the policy to come later.
With a conservative majority of 6-3, the court’s three liberal justices dissented from the decision to allow immediate resumption of deportations until the litigation concludes.
Judge Murphy’s ruling stemmed from a class-action lawsuit filed by immigrant rights organizations on behalf of migrants seeking to block the government from sending them to third countries without prior notice and an opportunity to raise concerns about potential harms.
According to human rights groups, over 25,000 migrants have been deported to 29 different countries under this policy implemented last year, with the majority being sent to Mexico.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has become a central tool in U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to deport millions of undocumented migrants, but as CBC’s Jonathan Montpetit explains, that’s not what the agency was originally designed to do.
This policy is among several initiatives the administration has implemented to support Trump’s objective of mass deportation. The administration, under the Republican president, has aggressively enforced strict immigration measures since taking office again last year.
Deportations to politically unstable countries like South Sudan, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, and the Central African Republic have been carried out under this policy. The U.S. State Department advises against travel to South Sudan due to the risks of crime, kidnapping, and armed conflict.
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