Politics
US Supreme Court allows Trump to continue third-country deportations
September 29, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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3 reports · 1 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 2 hours
The US Supreme Court granted the administration's emergency petition to resume deporting migrants to third countries, halting a lower-court ruling pending December arguments.
- The unsigned order temporarily halts Judge Brian Murphy's Boston ruling requiring a meaningful chance for immigrants to raise safety concerns before removal.
- Justices Sotomayor, Jackson, and Kagan indicated they would have denied the administration's emergency petition.
- UN human rights experts on Monday urged the US to halt the removals, warning deportees faced heightened risk of abuse.
- Burundi on Tuesday became the latest country to sign an agreement to receive non-citizen deportees.


