Key facts
- The US Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration can resume deporting immigrants to "third countries".
- The ruling allows deportations without immigrants being able to contest their removals.
- A lower court decision requiring notice and opportunity to claim fear of torture or persecution was temporarily lifted.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump administration can resume deporting immigrants to "third countries," meaning nations other than their homeland, without providing them an opportunity to contest their removals. The decision temporarily lifted a previous ruling by a lower court that had mandated the administration offer immigrants sufficient notice and a chance to claim fear of torture or persecution in the countries to which they would be sent.
In a separate matter, the administration had asked the Supreme Court to rule on whether it could deny gender-affirming care to transgender people in federal prisons. Solicitor General D John Sauer argued that such care, including surgeries, hormone therapy, and social accommodations, "could no longer be justified."