Supreme Court allows rapid deportations to third-party countries

The Trump administration can now quickly deport foreign nationals to nations with which they have no prior connections, according to a Monday ruling from the Supreme Court.

The high court justices overturned a Boston federal judge’s ruling limiting deportations to certain nations, as Breitbart News reported.

The administration is currently required to provide immigrants with “meaningful” notice and an opportunity to voice concerns before they are transferred to third-party countries.

This is the case even if those countries were not mentioned in the migrant’s initial deportation orders, according to a nationwide injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy.

However, the Trump administration was able to get Murphy’s injunction postponed after the Supreme Court approved its emergency plea.

DHS responds

“Fire up the deportation planes,” Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement celebrating the ruling.

Despite the fact that the three liberal justices on the high court disagreed, the majority opinion did not provide an explanation for its decision in a detailed opinion, as is common for the court.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, writing for the liberals in their dissent, characterized the decision as the administration’s “rewarding lawlessness” and a “abuse” of the court’s authority.

The decision, according to attorneys for the immigrants who were looking for refuge in the courts, would leave their illegal immigrant clients “vulnerable to torture or death” in hostile nations.

Legal impact awaited

In cases where countries consistently refuse to take back their own citizens who are ordered removed from the United States, the Supreme Court decision gives officials more leeway to implement President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans.

The decision from the court came in a case that sparked heated debates on the Trump administration’s efforts to deport some individuals to South Sudan and Libya due to their criminal records.

In certain situations, Murphy and other judges may still be able to stop deportations to third countries, even in the wake of the decision.

It is possible that the Supreme Court’s ruling may lead to an avalanche of individual cases filed by immigrants who are worried about being deported to a country that was not considered during their initial immigration hearings.