Court has lifted order requiring that migrants – from countries including Myanmar, Vietnam and Cuba – get a chance to challenge deportations
A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to restart swift removals of migrants to countries other than their homelands, lifting for now a court order requiring they get a chance to challenge the deportations.
The high court majority did not detail its reasoning in the brief order, as is typical on its emergency docket. All three liberal justices dissented.
It came after immigration officials put eight people on a plane to South Sudan, though they later diverted to a US naval base in Djibouti after a judge stepped in.
The migrants from countries including Myanmar, Vietnam and Cuba had been convicted of serious crimes in the US. Immigration officials have said that they were unable to return them quickly to their home countries.
