WASHINGTON, United States
\nThe US Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted restrictions on the deportations of immigrants to countries that are not their own, while agreeing to hear the issue on its merits in December.
\nThe conservative-dominated high court granted an emergency request by the Trump administration to suspend a lower court ruling that restricted, but did not outright ban, so-called \u201cthird-country removals.\u201d The lower court had said that people targeted with deportation must be given effective notice ahead of time about where they are being sent to allow them to raise concerns about potential persecution.
\nThe three liberal justices on the nine-member panel said they would not have granted the Trump administration\u2019s request. US President Donald Trump campaigned on promises to expel millions of undocumented migrants from the United States and has taken a number of actions aimed at speeding up deportations since returning to the White House in 2025.
\nThe Trump administration has defended third-country deportations as necessary since the home nations of some of those who are targeted for removal sometimes refuse to accept them. In a brief to the Supreme Court, opponents of lifting the restrictions argued that the lower court ruling did not fully block all third-country deportations, \u201cit simply requires them to do so lawfully.\u201d
\nThe lower court ruling \u201ccreated substantial logistical problems\u201d with removals, he said.
\nOnce in these countries \u2014 and outside US jurisdiction \u2014 deportees have been subject to abuse by local guards, indefinite detention, or quickly re-deported to their home countries. Congress has made it US policy not to deport people to countries where their lives would be in danger or they could be subject to torture.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s solicitor general, John Sauer, meanwhile told the court that the rapid deportation to third countries was \u201can essential tool to remove certain aliens, including some of the worst criminal aliens.\u201d <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, US Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a bid to require President Donald Trump\u2019s administration to report to Congress on increasing violence in the occupied West Bank, including the deaths of American citizens. The procedural vote was the latest sign of friction between US Democrats and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s government over Israel\u2019s treatment of Palestinians and of Republicans\u2019 continuing strong support for his coalition.
\nThe Senate voted 47 to 51 to block the resolution. The vote was largely along party lines, with every Republican voting no except for Rand Paul of Kentucky \u200cand every \u200cDemocrat except John Fetterman of Pennsylvania in favor. The resolution would have \u200crequired the State Department to report to Congress on the killing of US citizens by Israeli settlers or Israeli security forces in the West Bank and to assess the human rights situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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