A lowly federal district judge appointed at the last minute by President Joe Biden is essentially ignoring a U.S. Supreme Court ruling handed down on Monday allowing the Trump administration to proceed, for now, with deportations of illegal migrants to third countries.
On Monday, the Supreme Court approved the Trump administration’s request to pause a lower court injunction that had blocked deportations of individuals to third countries without prior notice.
The decision marks a near-term victory for the administration as it aims to implement its immigration crackdown swiftly.
The Court ruled 6-3 in favor of staying the injunction, with Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissenting.
The case involved a group of migrants contesting their deportations to third countries—nations other than their countries of origin.
