Administration asks Supreme Court to allow swift deportations to 3rd countries

An earlier court ruling blocked the rapid third-country removal of migrants. The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to immediately freeze a lower court order that blocks the federal government from swiftly deporting immigrants to third countries that are different from their country of origin. The move follows a federal appeals court ruling on Wednesday that cleared the way for a lower court decision blocking the rapid removal of migrants to third countries without a "meaningful opportunity" to contest their deportations. "The unexpected springing-back of district court's order has, this Office is informed, created substantial logistical problems with ongoing removal operations -- including the cancellation of flights -- and led to added expense, potential diplomatic issues, and the inability to remove dangerous criminals," Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote in a filing Thursday. Sauer said that the Department of Homeland Security was forced to cancel a flight to three separate countries carrying 70 people "with criminal convictions" and "that the cancellation has required a new round of diplomatic engagement with each of the three countries." ABC News previously interviewed a group of Latin American men who were deported to the Central African Republic, which the U.S.

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