The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Trump to resume mass deportations of migrants to third countries, even those facing violence and instability, stripping away critical due process protections and sparking outrage among human rights advocates.

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Supreme Court Sides with Trump: Migrants Face Expulsion to Dangerous Third Countries

In a move condemned by immigrant rights organizations and progressive legal voices, the U.S. Supreme Court has handed President Donald Trump another victory in his aggressive anti-immigrant campaign.

On June 23, the Court lifted restrictions on the deportation of migrants to so-called “third countries”,including places like South Sudan and El Salvador,without giving them a meaningful chance to warn authorities about the real dangers they could face, such as torture or death.

Deportation Without Due Process: A Humanitarian Crisis Unfolds

The Supreme Court’s unsigned order, issued by its conservative majority, suspends a lower court’s injunction that had protected eight migrants,including two Cubans and a Mexican,from being expelled to South Sudan, a nation the U.S. State Department itself deems unsafe due to rampant crime, kidnapping, and armed conflict.

The order also affects countless others, as it removes the requirement for the government to provide notice or hearings before deporting people to countries where their lives may be at risk.

Trina Realmuto, executive director of the National Immigration Litigation Alliance, denounced the decision: “The ramifications of the Supreme Court’s order will be horrifying. It strips away critical due process protections that have been protecting our class members from torture and death.”

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson, issued a scathing dissent, calling the decision “a gross abuse” of the Court’s discretion. She wrote, “Apparently, the court finds the idea that thousands will suffer violence in far-flung locales more palatable than the remote possibility that a district court exceeded its remedial powers when it ordered the government to provide notice and process to which the plaintiffs are constitutionally and statutorily entitled. That use of discretion is as incomprehensible as it is inexcusable.”

Trump’s Policy: Deport First, Ask Questions Never

The Trump administration has justified these rapid deportations by claiming that many of the affected migrants have committed serious crimes and that their home countries refuse to accept them back.

However, progressive analysts and immigrant advocacy groups argue that this policy is part of a broader pattern of criminalizing migration and disregarding international human rights norms. The administration has even considered sending migrants to countries like Libya, notorious for its brutal treatment of detainees.

Judge Brian Murphy, whose injunction was overturned, insisted that “common sense and basic decency” demand that migrants be given a real opportunity to raise fears for their safety before being deported. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had previously declined to halt his order, underscoring the legal and moral controversy surrounding Trump’s strategy.

Today the GOP justices on the Supreme Court endorsed migrants being sold into slavery.

They'll claim otherwise, but that's the reality — today's decision permits Trump to send people from countries around the world to any global hellhole that accepts a U.S. financial incentive. pic.twitter.com/jhommYD8hs

— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) June 23, 2025

Left-wing and Global South commentators see the Supreme Court’s decision as a stark example of the U.S. government’s willingness to sacrifice human rights for political expediency. By stripping due process from some of the world’s most vulnerable people, the Court and the Trump administration are, in the words of progressive legal experts, “turning their backs on the most basic principles of justice and humanity.”

As mass deportation flights resume,including those carrying Venezuelan and Central American migrants,human rights defenders warn that the U.S. is exporting suffering and instability, further destabilizing already fragile regions.

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