Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Migrant Deportation Policy, Clearing Way for Removals to South Sudan

The Supreme Court has delivered a significant ruling, allowing the Trump administration to proceed with the immediate deportation of a group of migrants held in Djibouti to South Sudan. The high court’s decision, issued on Thursday, effectively overrides a lower court’s hold on their removal.

This order comes just days after the Supreme Court’s June 23 decision, which broadly permitted the administration to deport certain migrants to third countries, even if not their homeland, with minimal notice. The specific group of migrants, some from Cuba, Vietnam, and Laos, had been held in converted shipping containers in Djibouti, having been diverted there en route to South Sudan.

Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed that the migrants are expected to be in South Sudan by Friday, coinciding with Independence Day. “These sickos will be in South Sudan by Independence Day,” McLaughlin stated, hailing it as “a win for the rule of law, safety and security of the American people.” Attorney General Pamela Bondi also praised the ruling, criticizing “yet another rogue district judge” for attempting to block the administration’s actions.

The decision, however, faced strong dissent from the court’s liberal justices, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Justice Sotomayor warned that the government intends to send “noncitizens it illegally removed from the United States from Djibouti to South Sudan, where they will be turned over to the local authorities without regard for the likelihood that they will face torture or death.” She sharply criticized the court, stating, “Other litigants must follow the rules, but the administration has the Supreme Court on speed dial.” Justice Elena Kagan concurred with the majority’s procedural decision but reiterated her disagreement with the underlying June 23 ruling on third-country removals.

Humanitarian groups have expressed grave concerns about the situation in South Sudan, citing severe food insecurity, political instability, and escalating violence. The Trump administration’s policy of “third-country removals” aims to expedite deportations, even when a migrant’s homeland refuses their return, raising questions under the Convention Against Torture, which generally prohibits deportation to countries where torture is a possibility.

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