Supreme Court Allows Trump Plan To Deport Migrants To South Sudan & Other Third Countries

On Monday, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to deport migrants to “third countries” where individuals don’t have any relationship.

Judge Brian Murphy had previously restricted these kinds of deportations, ordering that migrants must be provided with advanced notice as well as an opportunity to object to their deportation. But following an unsigned order that didn’t provide reasoning for the ruling, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to execute these kinds of deportations.

The ruling was 6-3, with all three Democratic-appointed justices dissenting. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for the liberals, expressing deep concern regarding the ruling. “I cannot join so gross an abuse of the Court’s equitable discretion,” she wrote. Sotomayor criticized the conservative justices for “rewarding lawlessness” for the actions of the Trump administration.

Trina Realmuto, the executive director of the National Immigration Litigation Alliance, raised concerns regarding the due process rights of migrants. “The ramifications of the Supreme Court’s order will be horrifying,” she said. “It strips away critical due process protections that have been protecting our class members from torture and death.”

Spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Tricia McLaughlin said that this ruling is a “victory for the safety and security of the American people.” McLaughlin continued to blame the Biden administration for increasing the number of migrants in the U.S., saying, “Fire up the deportation planes.”

Immigration experts expressed concerns over how immigrants would be treated in these “third countries.” Many of the countries where migrants could be potentially deported, including South Sudan, El Salvador and Panama, are infamous for abusing human rights and mistreating foreigners. Currently, U.S. law and the United Nations Convention Against Torture prohibit the deportation of people to countries where individuals might be tortured.