In a powerful decision, the US Supreme Court has given the greenlight to Donald Trump’s administration to proceed with the deportation of migrants to third countries, reversing a previous ruling by a lower court.
On Monday, the United States Supreme Court approved the Trump administration’s controversial move to deport migrants to nations other than their country of origin, according to AP reports. The apex court overturned a prior decision that had mandated the government to offer migrants a “meaningful opportunity” to detail the dangers they might encounter upon deportation.
Previously, U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy, based in Boston, had reinforced his earlier ruling when immigration authorities deported eight individuals to South Sudan in May. The judge declared that the deportation was in breach of an existing order that ensured migrants the right to argue the risks of torture or death if sent to third countries, regardless of ongoing legal appeals.
This legal battle concerned eight migrants from Myanmar, South Sudan, Cuba, Mexico, Laos, and Vietnam. The Trump administration labeled them as “the worst of the worst.” Following the lower court’s order, the deported individuals were temporarily held at a US naval base in Djibouti.
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The Supreme Court, with a 6-3 majority, overturned the lower court’s judgment. The court’s three liberal justices opposed the majority, condemning the ruling as one that “rewarded lawlessness.”
US Solicitor General John Sauer informed the Supreme Court that immigration officers were compelled to set up a temporary detention space in a converted conference room to hold these high-risk individuals. According to BBC, Sauer highlighted that the US government could not send the violent criminals back to their home nations, as those countries declined to accept them—leaving these individuals within the US, posing a threat to “law-abiding Americans.”
This decisive ruling comes in the context of a broader immigration crackdown by the Trump administration. Earlier, the US Supreme Court had also permitted Trump to strip over 500,000 migrants of their legal status in the United States.
