The Supreme Court Revived Rapid Third-Country Deportations

The Supreme Court temporarily allowed the administration to resume swiftly deporting people to countries other than their own. Its order stays lower-court protections that required notice and a meaningful chance to object before removal to a third country. The Court did not decide whether the policy is lawful; it ordered briefing and argument for December. But the practical rule changed immediately, restoring the government’s ability to use the policy while the case proceeds.

The Supreme Court temporarily lifted protections requiring notice and a chance to object before third-country deportations, while setting the policy’s legality for argument in December.