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Topline The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to continue deporting undocumented immigrants convicted of crimes to third-party countries like South Sudan, allowing the government to send migrants to countries they have no previous connection to. Deported Venezuelan migrants arrive at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela … More in March. AFP via Getty Images Key Facts An unsigned order blocked a May decision from a lower court, which prevented the government from deporting migrants to third countries without giving them “meaningful opportunity” to challenge their deportation. Lawyers for the government argued the migrants being sent to third countries were convicted of crimes, including robbery, murder and sexual assault, and that their home countries refused to take them back. The court did not give a reason for its decision, but Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a 19-page opinion in dissent. The high court’s two other liberal justices, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, joined Sotomayor in dissenting. Key Background The court battle over deportations to third countries began in May, after the Trump administration tried to send at least eight migrants convicted of various crimes to South Sudan. The group reportedly included migrants from Cuba, Myanmar and Mexico. District Court Judge Murphy ruled last month the government had to give migrants facing deportation to a third country “meaningful” notice to protest this process if they fear persecution. Sotomayor’s dissent indicated this group was given less than 24 hours notice before their deportations to South Sudan began. The administration also tried to deport a group of 13 Laotian, Vietnamese, and Filipino migrants to Libya, where they would have arrived “in the midst of violence caused by opposition to their arrival,” Sotomayor wrote, citing reports from Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Libya is controlled by two opposing governments, and Rubio stated…

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