On June 23, the Supreme Court's decision permitted the Trump administration to deport migrants to dangerous third countries, bypassing necessary hearings about safety risks. This ruling emerged from a legal challenge against the policy, impacting deportees who feared torture or violence upon return to their home countries. The Court's action prompted criticism for abandoning judicial oversight of potentially life-threatening decisions, with dissenting justices voicing concerns over the government's approach. Many now face uncertain futures, held in perilous conditions as they await deportation to hostilities in nations such as South Sudan.
In matters of life and death, it is best to proceed with caution. In this case, the Government took the opposite approach.
The six conservative justices of the U.S. Supreme Court waved away hearing requirements for deportees being sent to 'third countries' where they might be subject to inhumane conditions.
The deportees were held in an unsafe limbo in a converted shipping container in Djibouti, awaiting their fate.
This decision affects not only those headed to South Sudan but also others destined for similarly dangerous locations like El Salvador and Libya.
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