Judge wipes 'third country' deportations after Supreme Court approval

A federal judge ruled this week that the Trump administration’s policy of deporting illegal immigrants to third countries is unlawful, despite the Supreme Court allowing the policy to continue last year.

U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, ruled on Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security’s policy of deporting illegal immigrants to countries other than their own is “not fine, nor is it legal.” Murphy ruled it is unlawful for the administration to deport illegal immigrants to third countries without notice or an opportunity to object to where they are being sent.