Published September 29, 2026 at 3:08 PM ET · Updated September 30, 2026 at 4:11 AM ET
Supreme Court allows 'safe third country' deportations to continue
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The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration's 'safe third country' deportation policy to continue for now. The decision permits deportations of migrants to third countries to proceed while litigation continues.
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⚖ The Constitutional Angle
An interim green light does not settle the process question. Trump v. J.G.G. lifted orders blocking removals yet confirmed detainees must receive notice that they are subject to removal. A. A. R. P. v. Trump held that notice about a day before removal with no information on how to contest it fails due process. Whether third-country removals clear that floor, and how much notice it demands, remains unsettled.
Trump, President of the United States v. J. G. G. et al. (per curiam, on application to vacate temporary restraining orders) 604 U.S. ___ (2025) (per curiam)
Vote: 5-4 · Opinion: Per curiam (unsigned)
The TROs are vacated: challenges to removal under the Alien Enemies Act must be brought in habeas corpus in the district of confinement, so venue for these Texas-detained plaintiffs did not lie in the District of Columbia, and equitable/APA claims cannot substitute for habeas. Critically, the per curiam confirmed a due process floor: 'AEA detainees must receive notice after the date of this order that they are subject to removal under the Act.
A. A. R. P. v. Trump, President of the United States 605 U.S. ___ (2025) (per curiam)
Vote: 7-2 · Opinion: Per curiam (unsigned)
The Court (having intervened by an extraordinary post-midnight order on April 19, 2025 barring removals from the Northern District of Texas) held: (1) it had jurisdiction because the district court's inaction in the face of imminent removals had the practical effect of refusing an injunction; (2) on notice, the government's practice flunked due process — 'notice roughly 24 hours before removal, devoid of information about how to exercise due process rights to contest that removal, surely does not pass muster' under Trump v.
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