{"id":13536,"date":"2026-02-26T02:03:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T02:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13536"},"modified":"2026-02-26T02:03:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T02:03:54","slug":"us-judge-rules-trump-policy-of-third-country-deportations-unlawful-courts-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13536","title":{"rendered":"US judge rules Trump policy of \u2018third country\u2019 deportations unlawful | Courts News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>US judge says that rapid deportation of migrants to countries other than their own violates due process.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this article<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article-listen-container__duration\">4 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><svg class=\"icon icon--info icon--main-grey-dark icon--16 listen-to-article-tooltip__icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><title>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A United States federal judge has ruled that the administration of President Donald Trump had violated the law through the swift deportation of migrants to countries other than their own, without giving them an opportunity to appeal their removal.<\/p>\n<p>US District Judge Brian Murphy declared the policy invalid on Wednesday, teeing up a possible appeal from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cIt is not fine, nor is it legal,\u201d Murphy wrote in his decision, adding that migrants could not be sent to an \u201cunfamiliar and potentially dangerous country\u201d without any legal recourse.<\/p>\n<p>He added that due process \u2013 the right to receive fair legal proceedings \u2013 is an essential component of the US Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are our laws, and it is with profound gratitude for the unbelievable luck of being born in the United States of America that this Court affirms these and our nation\u2019s bedrock principle: that no \u2018person\u2019 in this country may be \u2018deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law\u2019,\u201d Murphy said.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling is the latest legal setback in the Trump administration\u2019s mass deportation campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has long pledged to remove immigrants from the country who violate the law or are in the country without legal paperwork. But critics argue that his immigration crackdown has been marked by widespread neglect of due process rights.<\/p>\n<p>They also point out that some of the deportees have been in the country legally, with their cases being processed through legal immigration pathways like asylum.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy said in his ruling that the swift nature of the deportation obscures the details of each case, preventing courts from weighing whether each deportation is legal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe simple reality is that nobody knows the merits of any individual class member\u2019s claim because [administration officials] are withholding the predicate fact: the country of removal,\u201d wrote Murphy.<\/p>\n<p>In the decision, Murphy also addressed some of the Trump administration\u2019s arguments in favour of swift deportation.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted one argument, for instance, where the administration asserted it would be \u201cfine\u201d to deport migrants to third-party countries, so long as the Department of Homeland Security was not aware of anyone waiting to kill them upon arrival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not fine, nor is it legal,\u201d Murphy responded in his decision.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy has previously ruled against efforts to swiftly deport migrants to countries where they have no ties, and over the past year, he has seen some decisions overturned by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>Noting that trend, Murphy said Wednesday\u2019s decision would not take effect for 15 days, in order to give the administration the opportunity to appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, for instance, the conservative-majority Supreme Court lifted an injunction Murphy issued in April that sought to protect the due process rights of migrants being deported to third-party countries.<\/p>\n<p>The injunction had come as part of a case where the Trump administration attempted to send eight men to South Sudan, despite concerns about human rights conditions there.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s decision, meanwhile, stemmed from a class-action lawsuit brought by immigrants similarly facing deportation to countries they had no relation to.<\/p>\n<p>A lawyer for the plaintiffs, Trina Realmuto from the National Immigration Litigation Alliance, hailed Murphy\u2019s latest ruling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the government\u2019s policy, people have been forcibly returned to countries where US immigration judges have found they will be persecuted or tortured,\u201d Realmuto said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Realmuto added that the ruling was a \u201cforceful statement\u201d about the policy\u2019s constitutionality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US judge says that rapid deportation of migrants to countries other than their own violates due process. 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