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Toronto Star
· collected 2026-09-24 · by Lindsay Whitehurst The Associated Press
The Trump administration is requesting the Supreme Court to permit immediate deportations of immigrants to third countries without prior objections from those being deported. This follows lower court rulings that require migrants to have a chance to contest such deportations on grounds of potential persecution or torture. The administration argues these requirements cause delays and disrupt agreements with foreign governments, while opponents claim they leave individuals in dangerous situations upon arrival in unfamiliar destinations. Thousands of people, primarily sent to Mexico but also to over two dozen other countries, have already been deported under this policy since its inception.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-24,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow it to continue swiftly deporting immigrants to third countries, different from their country of origin, after a federal appeals court blocked such deportations due to insufficient process protections for migrants. Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on X that the government would seek immediate relief from the high court, which previously allowed similar removals. Over 25,000 people have been deported under this policy since March 2025, with most sent to Mexico and others to more than two dozen countries. The administration argues these deportations are crucial for public safety, targeting individuals who pose a criminal threat or whose home countries refuse them entry. However, critics claim the policy lacks due process protections and targets those granted legal protection from deportation back to their home countries. On September 24th, the Supreme Court temporarily allowed the policy to continue while it considers full oral arguments in December, despite objections from Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Written for “Third Country Deportations Policy” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 17 other(s) covering the same event.
President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to again clear the way for continued quick deportations of immigrants to third countries where they have no ties.
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they → ask → ties
The government asked for an immediate halt to lower court orders finding that people must have the chance to object before the U.S. government deports them to countries other than their homelands.
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government → ask → homelands
The justices allowed the deportation flights to continue when the case came before them last year.
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case → allow → them
Since then, an appeals court has upheld a Boston-based judge’s final ruling that migrants must have a meaningful chance to argue a third-country deportation would put them in danger of persecution or torture.
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deportation → uphold → persecution
The order doesn’t completely prohibit deportations to third countries, but it adds new requirements.
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it → prohibit → requirements
The Trump administration says that creates unworkable delays and has already led to the cancellation of a flight carrying 70 people with criminal convictions to three different countries.
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that → say → countries
“The order below would again obstruct DHS from efficiently removing aliens ... by inordinately delaying third-country removal for any alien who voices a fear of persecution or torture in that country, no matter how frivolous or belated the claim,” Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote.
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Sauer → obstruct → country
Thousands of migrants have been sent to third countries when their homelands won’t accept them or they can’t be returned there, the administration said.
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administration → send → them
Those third-country governments provide assurances that people won’t be persecuted or tortured, attorneys said.
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attorneys → provide → assurances
The lower courts’ legal requirements would mean cascading delays and could force the reworking of agreements with foreign countries, attorneys wrote.
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attorneys → mean → countries
James Percival, the Department of Homeland Security’s general counsel, said Wednesday on X that 25,000 people in the U.S. illegally have been deported to third countries, calling those deportations “an essential public safety tool.”
The vast majority of the deportees have been sent to Mexico, but under a series of often-secret agreements, the administration has deported thousands of others to more than two dozen countries, from Liberia to Guyana.
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administration → say → Guyana
Some have found themselves in countries they’d never heard of before their arrivals.
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they → find → arrivals
Some also face serious safety risks, and are left with little choice except to return to the home countries they were fleeing.
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they → face → countries
This month, lawyers for two men deported to Equatorial Guinea said they were beaten and held at gunpoint in a hotel-turned-detention center by police who covered their heads with bags.
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who → deport → bags
In his tweet, Percival included a video of Taylor Swift smiling and pointing to her wedding ring as she celebrated a touchdown by her husband, the football player Travis Kelce.
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she → include → husband
“How my wife looks at me when I tell her we have deported 25,000 illegal aliens to third nations,” Percival wrote.
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Percival → look → nations
The case comes amid a sweeping immigration crackdown by the Trump administration, which has pledged to deport millions of people who are living in the United States illegally.
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who → come → States
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