Federal Court Halts Trump's Controversial 'Third Country' Deportation Policy
A U.S. judge has ruled that the Trump administration's policy of rapidly deporting migrants to countries other than their own is unlawful, a major setback for the former president's hardline immigration agenda.
The Trump administration's controversial 'third country' deportation policy has been ruled unlawful by a U.S. judge, dealing a significant blow to the former president's hardline immigration agenda. The policy, which allowed for the rapid deportation of migrants to countries other than their own, has been found to violate due process rights.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington, D.C. marks a major victory for immigrant advocacy groups that challenged the legality of the policy, which was implemented in 2019 as part of a series of measures aimed at curbing asylum claims.
Under the 'third country' policy, migrants apprehended at the U.S. border were quickly deported to countries they had passed through on their way to the United States, even if those were not their countries of origin. The Trump administration argued this was necessary to address the influx of asylum seekers, but critics contended it violated both U.S. and international laws governing refugee protections.
{{IMAGE_PLACEHOLDER}}Source: Al Jazeera
