Supreme Court rules on Trump’s third-country deportations in highly watched case

The Supreme Court has made a significant decision to grant the Trump administration’s request to stay a lower court injunction that blocked them from deporting individuals to third countries without prior notice. The ruling, which was passed by a 6-3 vote, allows the administration to proceed with deportations to third countries.

The case at hand involved a group of migrants who were challenging their removals to third countries, which are countries that were not their country of origin. The migrants’ legal team had urged the Supreme Court to uphold a ruling from U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, who had ordered the administration to keep migrants slated for deportation to a third country in U.S. custody until they could have a “reasonable fear interview.”

Judge Murphy’s ruling emphasized the importance of giving migrants the opportunity to explain any fear of persecution or torture should they be released into the country they are being deported to. The ruling did not prevent the administration from executing removal orders to third countries but required them to comply with the law and provide due process to the migrants.

In appealing the case to the Supreme Court, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that the lower court’s ruling had prevented the administration from removing “some of the worst of the worst illegal aliens.” The administration had faced challenges in deporting migrants to countries like South Sudan without proper notice or due process.

The Supreme Court’s decision comes amidst a series of legal challenges aimed at blocking the Trump administration’s immigration policies. U.S. judges have consistently ruled that the administration violated due process by not notifying migrants of their impending deportations or allowing them to challenge the decisions in court.

The White House has criticized these rulings, labeling the judges as activists trying to push a political agenda. They have maintained that illegal immigrants are entitled to due process and have pushed back against claims that they are denying migrants their rights.

This development is a breaking news story, and updates will be provided as more information becomes available.

Breanne Deppisch, a national politics reporter for Fox News Digital, covers the Trump administration, focusing on the Justice Department, FBI, and other national news.