Supreme Court eases rapid deportations to countries where immigrants have no ties

The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the Trump administration to swiftly deport foreigners to countries where they have no previous ties.

The justices lifted an order from a federal judge in Boston who had placed restrictions on the deportations to those countries. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy had issued a nationwide injunction that required the administration to give immigrants “meaningful” advance notice and a chance to raise objections before they are sent to so-called third countries — nations not specified in their original deportation orders. But the Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s emergency request to put Murphy’s injunction on hold.

“Fire up the deportation planes,” Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, said in a statement celebrating the ruling.

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