The US government today asked the Supreme Court to allow rapid deportations from migrants to third countries to continue, despite having no ties there.
© Reuters
24/09/2026
by
Lusa
ANDin particular, it requested the immediate suspension of court orders allowing persons to challenge the deportation order to countries other than those of their nationality.
A court of appeal has ratified the decision of a Boston judge that migrants must have the opportunity to challenge a deportation to a country where they run the risk of persecution or torture.
The government argues that it sends migrants to third countries when it is unable to deport them quickly to the countries from which they are native, adding that the countries of destination ensure that they will not pursue or torture the deported.
Among the countries to which the Trump government has deported thousands of people are South Sudan, Equatorial Guinea and Panama.
This month, lawyers from two men deported to Equatorial Guinea claimed that they were assaulted in a hotel turned into a detention center by police officers who covered their heads with sacks.
The case was known in the context of intense repression of immigration by the Trump government, which promised to deport millions of people living in the US without documentation.

