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Update: Supreme Court stay letting third-country removals resume holds overnight; December arguments set
The Supreme Court’s Tuesday miscellaneous order in Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D. remains in force overnight: it stays a Feb. 25, 2026, Massachusetts district court judgment that had blocked third-country removals, treats the government’s stay application as a granted certiorari petition, and directs briefing for argument in the December 2026 session, according to the Court’s official order. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson would have denied the stay. Fox News and Reuters reported the interim order clears the way for the Trump administration to continue deporting removable aliens to countries other than those named in their removal orders while the merits fight proceeds; the stay ends when the Court sends down its judgment.
- Supreme Court of the United StatesMiscellaneous Order (09/29/2026) — DHS v. D.V.D.
- Fox NewsSupreme Court takes up fight over Trump’s third-country illegal alien deportation policy
- ReutersSupreme Court lets Trump resume deporting migrants to countries not their own