BREAKING: Supreme Court Lets ICE Disappear Migrants to Dangerous Countries

Despite court findings of “flagrant violations” and risk of torture, Supreme Court halts protections for migrants without addressing the government's misconduct.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court just handed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) the green light to resume its secretive, dangerous deportation policy—despite overwhelming evidence that DHS violated lower court orders and endangered people’s lives.

In a decision issued June 23, the Court granted DHS’s emergency request to pause a lower court ruling that had blocked the agency from carrying out “third-country removals” without notice or legal process. The stay allows the government to continue removing migrants to nations they’ve never lived in—including active war zones like South Sudan and Libya—without informing them ahead of time or letting them raise claims under international anti-torture law.

Let’s break it down: