Trump administration appeals third-country deportation block to Supreme Court
AG Todd Blanche says DOJ will seek Supreme Court relief after a federal appeals court dissolved a stay and struck down the policy.
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What to know
- A federal appeals court's dissolution of a stay this week formally blocked the Trump administration's policy of deporting migrants to countries other than their own.
- The administration has already sent more than 25,000 migrants to roughly 29-35 countries under the policy, including to countries like South Sudan and the Central African Republic that are considered high-risk.
- The case centers on what due-process protections the government must give migrants before removing them to a country with which they have no connection.
- AG Todd Blanche says the DOJ will immediately ask the Supreme Court to intervene, noting the Court previously granted a stay in the same case.
“We will immediately seek relief from the Supreme Court, which previously granted a stay in this very same case.”
Todd Blanche, US Attorney General · X post, via Guardian ↗ · Sep 23
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How it unfolded 4 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump articlespostscomments
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DHS counsel defends deportations as protecting communities
DHS general counsel James Percival rejects characterizations of the policy as cruel, arguing the alternative of releasing certain migrants poses greater risk.
“What is cruel is allowing criminal illegals who can’t be sent home to stay in our communities and victimize anew.”
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first by [your]NEWS, 2d ago · also Washington Post, Guardian, Washington Examiner, ABC News, Philadelphia Inquirer, NYT +20
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- Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow ‘third country’ deportations for now Washington Post · 2d ago
- Trump administration to ask supreme court to allow third-country deportation policy The Guardian · 2d ago
- Todd Blanche vows Supreme Court appeal after court blocks third-country deportations Washington Examiner · 2d ago
- Administration to ask Supreme Court to allow swift deportations to 3rd countries ABC News · 2d ago
- Trump administration scrambles to stop third-country deportations after court ruling Philadelphia Inquirer · 1d ago
- Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow quick third-country deportations Boston Globe · 1d ago
- Trump administration urges Supreme Court to revive third-country deportation policy CBS News · 1d ago
- Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow third-country deportations to resume The Hill · 1d ago
- Trump DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Back Third-Country Deportations Bloomberg.com · 1d ago
- Trump admin asks Supreme Court to lift limits on third-country deportations Politico · 1d ago
- Trump Administration Asks The Supreme Court To Allow Quick Third-Country Deportations To Continue HuffPost · 1d ago
- Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow quick third-country deportations to continue Japan Today · 1d ago
- Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Deportations to Third Countries NYT · 1d ago
- Trump administration appeals to Supreme Court as 3rd-country deportations are thrown into question PBS NewsHour · 1d ago
- Trump administration again urges justices to allow deportations to third-party countries SCOTUSblog · 1d ago
- Trump administration asks US Supreme Court to intervene to allow third-country deportations Straits Times · 1d ago
- Trump administration turns to Supreme Court as third-country deportations are thrown into question PennLive · 1d ago
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Breaking News: The Trump administration scrambled to halt some imminent deportations after a ruling blocked authorities from sending people to third countries without a chance to contest their cases, according to documents obtained by The New York Times.
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A ruling to halt deportations of people to countries other than their own threw a core immigration policy of the Trump administration into question, at least temporarily, and prompted a desperate appeal to the Supreme Court on Thursday.
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# Trump administration asks # SCOTUS to allow quick third-country # deportations — aka # ExtraordinaryRendition # law # Constitution # immigration # DueProcess # StateSponsoredAbduction # CivilRights # WhiteSupremacy # WhiteChristianNationalism # AbuseOfPower # Authoritarianism # Autocracy # despotism # Dictatorship # fascism # Tyranny #…
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Blanche vows Supreme Court appeal
Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Justice Department will immediately seek relief from the Supreme Court, which previously granted a stay in the same case, calling the appeals court's action an overnight ambush that stripped an 'invaluable tool' to curb illegal immigration.
“Without even allowing the government a chance to respond, and in the dark of night, a federal appeals court blocked us from conducting all third-country removals of illegal aliens, an entirely legal and invaluable tool to stem the tide of illegal immigration.”
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The Trump administration will appeal to the US Supreme Court a lower court ruling rejecting a policy that allowed authorities to rapidly deport migrants to countries other than their own, US Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Thursday.
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Appeals court dissolves stay, formally blocking removals
The 1st Circuit issues an order Wednesday night dissolving the prior stay that had kept the policy in effect, after ICE attempted to deport a Peruvian migrant to Ghana; the ruling blocks all third-country removals.
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A court just blocked Trump’s “third country” immigration policy.
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https://www. europesays.com/3266830/ Trump administration brings important immigration question back to the Supreme Court # CourtNews # immigrant # open # PostTypePost
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Reporting details scale of third-country deportation deals
Washington Examiner reports the administration has flown roughly 23,000 migrants to about 35 countries with no citizenship or family ties, under agreements often secured through financial incentives or visa pressure.
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First Circuit panel rejects third-country deportation policy — A three-judge panel on the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a lower court ruling that declared DHS's third-country removal policy unlawful, in a class-action suit brought by migrants facing deportation orders.
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first by Courthouse News, 1d ago · also Courthouse News Service
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2 outlets Trump urges Supreme Court to restart deportations to countries with poor human rights records
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Asking? They've been deporting random people to the Congo since at least April with no permission. Imagine you're living your life in America and then suddenly get kidnapped, shackled up, shipped halfway across the world into a literal warzone?
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The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow it to immediately resume its policy of deporting some migrants to countries where they are not citizens, a key and controversial part of its mass deportation agenda.
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https://www. nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/poli tics/trump-supreme-court-third-country-deportations.html
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Breaking News: The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow it to continue to deport immigrants to countries other than their own. This comes after a lower court on Wednesday found that people could not be deported without being given a chance to contest their cases.
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Trump asks # SCOTUS to allow him to keep skirting the law. https:// apnews.com/article/supreme-cou rt-deportations-third-country-immigrations-trump-b08e3bdbc3b95c4cb40b7319b0a89cfb
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BREAKING: The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to again allow quick deportations of immigrants to countries where they have no ties.
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(2/2) Per @nytimes.com "officials quickly moved to take deportees off flights to third countries such as Costa Rica, Honduras, & the Central African Republic."
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The Trump regime asks the Supreme Court to allow them to deport unaccompanied migrant kids into trafficking. ICE is set to open a new prison camp for unaccompanied kids at an airport in Alexandria, Louisiana -- the largest deportation hub in the U.S.
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They are already doing it. Dumpy should be dropped in the middle of the Amazon, never to be heard, seen, or smelled again.
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⚡ NEWS Trump Administration Seeks Supreme Court Approval for Third-Country Deportations The Trump administration, led by Attorney General Todd Blanche, will petition the US Supreme Court to overturn a lower court's rejection of its policy allowing the deportation of immigrants to third countries. This move aims to advance mass deportation efforts…