DHS Takes 'Third Countries' Deportation Fight to Supreme Court

Homeland Security asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to step into a fight over the government's ability to remove illegal immigrants to 'third countries' when their homelands won't take them back.

DHS Takes 'Third Countries' Deportation Fight to Supreme Court

TL;DR

  • Homeland Security is involved in a legal fight over deportation policies.
  • The government seeks to deport illegal immigrants to 'third countries'.
  • This policy applies when immigrants' homelands refuse to take them back.
  • The case has now been brought before the Supreme Court.