Supreme Court allows Trump's quick third-country deportations to continue

The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's emergency stay request in Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D., allowing the government to resume deporting immigrants to third countries without providing notice or an opportunity to claim fear of torture. The conservative majority lifted a lower-court order that had required such due process. The justices also agreed to hear the case on the merits during the December 2026 session. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissented. The ruling enables continued use of a policy that has sent over 25,000 people to at least 29 countries, including nations the State Department considers dangerous, and which UN experts have warned is causing a cascade of human rights violations. President Trump celebrated the decision, calling it a 'great victory for American sovereignty and safety.'

“The Court today sanctions the government's practice of sending individuals to countries where they face a real risk of torture, without any meaningful process. This is a profound failure of our duty to protect human rights.” — From the dissenting opinion by Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson.