On June 23, the US Supreme Court paved the way for the administration of US President Donald Trump to quickly deport certain migrants to countries other than their countries of origin, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Previously, a US district court ruled that the White House administration was obliged to give migrants facing deportation time to express concerns about possible persecution or torture in the country to which they were to be deported — and additional time if those concerns were justified.
The Trump administration appealed to the Supreme Court to intervene, arguing that the lower court had improperly interfered with the president’s foreign policy powers. The conservative majority of the Supreme Court voted to overturn the decision.
As is customary in urgent Supreme Court decisions, the majority did not explain its motives. Three liberal judges disagreed with the decision and accused the majority of disregarding the requirements of due process for migrants who may be sent to countries unknown to them.
“The Department of Homeland Security can now exercise its lawful authority to remove illegal immigrants to a country that is willing to accept them. Start the deportation planes,” said Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Trishia McLaughlin.