The Supreme Court ruled 7–2 on Thursday that the Trump administration can resume deporting eight convicted migrants to South Sudan, overturning a lower court injunction that had blocked the effort on humanitarian grounds. The group, which has no ties to the war-torn country, remains in U.S. custody at a military base in Djibouti.
The unsigned decision nullifies U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy’s rulings, which had previously prevented the administration from deporting migrants without first evaluating their claims of potential torture under international agreements. The justices said those orders were unenforceable following an earlier Supreme Court stay.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented sharply, accusing the Court of providing special treatment to the executive branch. “Other litigants must follow the rules, but the administration has the Supreme Court on speed dial,” she wrote.
Though litigation continues in lower courts, no injunction currently blocks the deportations.
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