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U.S. appeals court rejects Trump administration policy on rapid deportations to third countries
A federal appeals court has rejected a Trump administration policy that allowed rapid deportation of migrants to countries other than their own without a chance to raise safety concerns. The ruling, which largely upheld a lower-court decision, is likely to go to the Supreme Court.
On Friday, September 18, 2026, a three-judge panel of the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a policy adopted by President Donald Trump’s administration that allowed authorities to rapidly deport migrants to countries other than their own without giving them a chance to raise safety concerns.
The panel largely upheld a February decision by a lower-court judge that declared the Department of Homeland Security’s policy unlawful. The ruling came in a class-action lawsuit filed by migrants subject to deportation orders. The case has become a key test of what due process protections the government must provide before removing people to countries with which they have no connection.
The case is likely headed to the Supreme Court.
- US deportations to third countries
- US deportations
- US immigration policy
- Trump immigration crackdown
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U.S. appeals court rejects Trump administration policy on rapid deportations to third countries
A federal appeals court has rejected a Trump administration policy that allowed rapid deportation of migrants to countries other than their own without a chance to raise safety concerns. The ruling, which largely upheld a lower-court decision, is likely to go to the Supreme Court.
On Friday, September 18, 2026, a three-judge panel of the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a policy adopted by President Donald Trump’s administration that allowed authorities to rapidly deport migrants to countries other than their own without giving them a chance to raise safety concerns.
The panel largely upheld a February decision by a lower-court judge that declared the Department of Homeland Security’s policy unlawful. The ruling came in a class-action lawsuit filed by migrants subject to deportation orders. The case has become a key test of what due process protections the government must provide before removing people to countries with which they have no connection.
The case is likely headed to the Supreme Court.
- US deportations to third countries
- US deportations
- US immigration policy
- Trump immigration crackdown
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