Published September 29, 2026 at 3:08 PM ET · Updated September 29, 2026 at 4:07 PM ET
Supreme Court sides with Trump, clears way for third-country deportations
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The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration may continue deporting migrants to third countries. The decision temporarily lifts judicial limits on the policy and clears the way for rapid third-country deportations. The order allows the practice to resume while the case proceeds.
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⚖ The Constitutional Angle
The real question is what process removal requires. Yamataya v. Fisher held that an alien who has entered the United States cannot be removed without notice and a meaningful chance to be heard. A. A. R. P. v. Trump held that notice roughly 24 hours before removal, with no information on how to contest it, does not pass muster. Third-country removals may resume only with real notice and a genuine chance to object.
Kaoru Yamataya v. Thomas M. Fisher, Immigrant and Chinese Inspector (The Japanese Immigrant Case) 189 U.S. 86 (1903)
Vote: Majority for the Court (Harlan); Brewer and Peckham dissenting. Exact 7-2 tally not… · Opinion: Harlan
Although Congress may commit exclusion and deportation to executive officers without judicial trial, an alien who has landed and become part of the U.S.
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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