The Trump administration is pushing hard to get its third-country deportation program back on track after a recent court decision hit the brakes on its removal operations. On Thursday, the administration filed an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court, asking the justices to step in and allow the government to continue deporting migrants to countries other than their home nations without first providing them an opportunity to raise human rights concerns.
According to CNN, this legal scramble comes after the Boston-based 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling late Wednesday that effectively blocked these removals. These flights had been occurring regularly since the Supreme Court previously sided with the administration on the issue more than a year ago. The latest development has created a significant hurdle for federal authorities who are attempting to rapidly move people out of the United States.
