The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's emergency request to block an appeals court ruling that found the third-country deportation process unlawful, with the court's three liberal justices dissenting. The justices said they will hear oral arguments in December and issue a definitive ruling on the legal questions involved. Since January 2025, thousands of people have been deported to third countries including South Sudan, Eswatini and Rwanda, with about 15,000 sent to such countries in 2025 according to the Migration Policy Institute. A lawyer representing the plaintiffs challenging the policy said the ruling leaves people facing removal to third countries at risk of being sent to places where they have no meaningful opportunity to seek protection.