Overview

• The unsigned order, backed by a 6–3 conservative majority, pauses U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy’s injunction that mandated notice and process for third-country deportations.
• Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, warning that the ruling exposes migrants to the risk of torture or death without a meaningful chance to contest their removal.
• Deportees include individuals convicted of serious crimes from countries such as Myanmar, Vietnam, Cuba, Laos and Mexico who could not be repatriated directly.
• The ruling lifts a requirement that migrants receive at least 10 days to file fear-of-torture claims and 15 days to appeal denials before being sent abroad.
• Immigrant rights groups warn that removals to unstable destinations like South Sudan and Libya proceed while the underlying legal challenge moves through appellate courts.