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Supreme Court takes up fight over Trump’s third-country illegal alien deportation policy

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Baehr, J. (2026, September 29). Supreme Court takes up fight over Trump’s third-country illegal alien deportation policy. Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-takes-fight-trumps-third-country-illegal-alien-deportation-policy

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Fox News · collected 2026-09-29 · by Jasmine Baehr

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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to continue deporting illegal immigrants to third countries pending a full review of legal challenges. The court granted an interim stay on a February district court ruling that imposed procedural requirements before such deportations could occur. This move permits the administration's policy to proceed while justices prepare for arguments in December. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from the majority decision.
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The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow it to continue swiftly deporting immigrants to third countries, different from their country of origin, after a federal appeals court blocked such deportations due to insufficient process protections for migrants. Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on X that the government would seek immediate relief from the high court, which previously allowed similar removals. Over 25,000 people have been deported under this policy since March 2025, with most sent to Mexico and others to more than two dozen countries. The administration argues these deportations are crucial for public safety, targeting individuals who pose a criminal threat or whose home countries refuse them entry. However, critics claim the policy lacks due process protections and targets those granted legal protection from deportation back to their home countries. On September 24th, the Supreme Court temporarily allowed the policy to continue while it considers full oral arguments in December, despite objections from Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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"For the third time in 18 months, the Supreme Court has been called upon to stay the same local district judge’s campaign to halt the Trump Administration from removing illegal aliens including many of the worst-of-the-worst criminals to countries willing to receive them
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🔮 The justices granted the administration's request to stay a February ruling from a federal district court in Massachusetts that imposed additional procedural requirements before illegal immigrants could be removed to countries other than their own.

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed the Trump administration an interim victory in its ongoing immigration crackdown, clearing the way for officials to continue deporting illegal aliens to third countries while the justices consider a legal challenge to the policy. asserted
justices → hand → policy
The justices granted the administration's request to stay a February ruling from a federal district court in Massachusetts that imposed additional procedural requirements before illegal immigrants could be removed to countries other than their own. uncertain
immigrants → grant → own
The high court also agreed to hear the administration's challenge, treating its emergency application as a petition for review and ordering the parties to prepare for arguments during the court's December session. asserted
court → agree → session
Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson said they would have denied the administration's request for a stay. asserted
they → say → stay
The decision gives the administration the immediate relief it sought as it presses ahead with third-country removals, even as the Supreme Court has yet to decide whether the policy remains. asserted
policy → give → removals
The dispute centers on the Trump administration's efforts to remove illegal aliens to third countries. asserted
dispute → center → countries
Lower courts have not categorically prohibited those removals but have required procedures intended to give aliens an opportunity to raise claims that they could face persecution or torture in the destination country. uncertain
they → prohibit → country
The Trump administration returned to the Supreme Court last week, arguing that those requirements were interfering with its ability to carry out removals and disrupting sensitive diplomatic negotiations with countries willing to accept deportees. asserted
requirements → return → deportees
"The order below also undermines our standing abroad," the administration argued in its filing, according to the ruling. uncertain
administration → undermine → ruling
"Finding third countries willing and able to accept aliens is a delicate diplomatic endeavor." asserted
Finding → find → aliens
The government also argued that judicial intervention in those arrangements could cause "significant and irreparable harm to U.S. foreign policy." uncertain
intervention → argue → policy
Attorneys challenging their policy pushed back, arguing that the lower court's ruling did not prevent the administration from conducting third-country removals but instead required the government to provide notice and an opportunity for illegal aliens to raise protection claims before they were sent abroad. "The judgment does not require release from detention, prohibit third-country removals, or undo existing arrangements," the challengers argued in their response. uncertain
challengers → challenge → response
They alleged that illegal aliens removed without meaningful notice or an opportunity to raise country-specific protection claims had faced "prolonged and arbitrary detention, beatings and sexual assault, disappearance, and chain refoulement." Tuesday's order puts the February district court judgment on hold while the Supreme Court considers the case. uncertain
Court → allege → case
The stay will remain in effect until the high court sends down its judgment. asserted
court → remain → judgment
The decision gives the administration the immediate relief it sought as it presses ahead with third-country removals, even as the Supreme Court has yet to decide. asserted
Court → give → removals
"For the third time in 18 months, the Supreme Court has been called upon to stay the same local district judge’s campaign to halt the Trump Administration from removing illegal aliens including many of the worst-of-the-worst criminals to countries willing to receive them asserted
Court → call → them
," White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis told Fox News Digital. asserted
Bis → tell → Digital
"The President will stop at nothing in his effort to make America safe again," Bis added. asserted
Bis → stop → effort
"Today’s ruling from the Supreme Court yet again affirms the lawfulness of the President’s homeland security agenda." asserted
ruling → affirm → agenda
The court directed its clerk to establish a briefing schedule allowing the case to be argued during its December 2026 argument session. asserted
case → direct → session
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