Supreme Court allows Trump admin to resume migrant deportations

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The United States Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the Donald Trump administration, allowing immigration authorities to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own, a controversial policy that had previously been blocked by a lower court, Al Jazeera reported.

In a brief order issued on Monday, the court’s conservative majority lifted a restriction requiring that migrants be allowed to challenge such deportations in court.

The ruling came without a detailed explanation, in line with the court’s typical handling of emergency docket cases. All three liberal justices dissented.

The decision came as Trump intensified his administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigration, vowing to remove millions of people living unlawfully in the US.

Among those affected are migrants from countries such as Myanmar, Vietnam, and Cuba, who have been convicted of violent crimes and could not be repatriated directly to their countries of origin.

In May, eight individuals were placed on a deportation flight intended for South Sudan.

The flight was diverted to a U.S. naval base in Djibouti after US District Judge Brian Murphy intervened. Punch