SCOTUS lets admin resume third-country deportations

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to continue deporting illegal aliens to third countries while the case proceeds.

The court issued a one-page order without a vote count, permitting the administration to resume the practice, the New York Times reported. Oral arguments are set for December.

The Department of Justice filed an emergency request for a stay with the court last week, following a defeat at the appellate level, which saw a lesser court block the policy. Attorney General Todd Blanche had vowed to take the case to the Supreme Court, asserting that the policy was "an entirely legal and invaluable tool to stem the tide of illegal immigration."

Under the Trump administration, immigration officials have pursued a policy of deporting illegal aliens whose home countries will not accept them to third countries that will. Among the most prominent of these has been South Sudan.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent for Just the News. Follow him on X.