The Trump administration has asked the US Supreme Court to intervene after the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld a ruling that found Department of Homeland Security guidance governing removals to third countries unlawful.
The emergency application followed the cancellation of a flight carrying 70 people from Louisiana to three countries that the administration did not identify publicly. Plaintiffs' lawyers told the appeals court they believed the scheduled destinations were Burundi, Rwanda and the Central African Republic.
