The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to resume rapidly deporting immigrants to "third countries" and will consider the legal question at a later date.
The big picture: The policy of expelling migrants to countries that are not their home country has faced legal challenges from early in the president's second term — and the Supreme Court has once again cleared the administration's way.
Driving the news: The court stayed a February 2026 order that detained immigrants should have "the right to meaningful notice" and should be able to raise concerns before being deported to a third country.
- The three liberal justices would have denied the administration's application for a stay.
- That prior order from U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, much of which was backed by a recent appeals court decision, said the administration's policy "fails to satisfy due process for a raft of reasons."
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
