The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to continue to deport illegal immigrants to third countries for now, while also setting oral arguments in the case for December.
The high court ruled 6-3 in favor of halting a ruling by a federal district judge in Massachusetts that had blocked the administration’s framework for quickly deporting illegal immigrants with final removal orders to countries other than their country of origin, referred to as “third countries.” The federal district court judge took issue with immigration officials not allowing the illegal immigrants an opportunity to raise fears of torture or persecution regarding the third country they would be deported to, a ruling the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld earlier this month.
