US appeals court rejects Trump policy allowing swift deportations to third countries
The panel said migrants need meaningful notice and a chance to raise safety concerns before removal, rejecting blanket assurances from third countries.
- On Friday, the Boston-based 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling blocking the policy of President Donald Trump that allowed for the rapid deportation of migrants to third countries without due process protections.
- District Judge Brian Murphy, an appointee of Democratic President Joe Biden, declared the policy unlawful in February, finding it failed to protect migrants' due process rights before removal to unfamiliar countries.
- Data from Third Country Deportation Watch shows the Trump administration has sent more than 25,000 migrants to at least 29 third countries, including Mexico, under agreements implemented by Trump.
- The Trump administration, which previously sought Supreme Court intervention, indicated willingness to return to the high court following the 1st Circuit's decision to uphold the lower-court ruling.
- This litigation represents a significant test of the due process protections the government must provide before removing migrants to countries with which they have no prior connection.
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Appeals court rejects Trump's third-country deportation policy, says detainees are entitled to more due process
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that U.S. immigration officials must offer detainees "a meaningful opportunity to contest" any deportation to countries where they have no ties.
The judges confirmed the ruling of a lower court in the Federal District in Massachusetts, which ruled the deportation policy issued in 2025 by the Donald Trump Administration to be illegal.
Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump Admin Policy of Swift 3rd-Country Deportations
A federal appeals court on Friday mostly upheld a lower district court’s ruling that blocked a Trump administration policy of swiftly deporting illegal immigrants to so-called third countries, or nations to which they have no connection. In a unanimous decision from a three-judge panel for the First Circuit Court of Appeals, the ruling raised concerns about “blanket assurances” from third countries that promise U.S. deportees won’t be tortured o…
U.S. appeals court rejects Trump policy allowing swift deportations to third countries
The Trump administration has entered into a series of agreements that have allowed it to send more than 25,000 migrants to at least 29 third countries, in many cases Mexico, according to Third Country Deportation Watch
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