États-Unis : la Cour suprême lève des limites aux expulsions d’immigrés vers des pays tiers

The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily allowed the Trump administration to continue third-country deportations on Sept. 29, pausing a lower court ruling that had deemed the policy unlawful. The decision grants the Justice Department's emergency request to permit the removal of migrants to countries where they have no citizenship or preexisting ties while legal challenges proceed. The high court is scheduled to hear the full challenge to this policy in December.

Under this Department of Homeland Security policy, immigrants without legal authorization to live or work in the United States may be sent to countries not specifically identified in their removal orders. The Migration Policy Institute estimated that approximately 15,000 such deportations occurred between Jan. 20, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2025, though some estimates suggest as many as 25,000 people have been deported through these arrangements to date.

One documented case involved Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national whom the administration sought to deport to African nations, including Uganda and Liberia. This occurred after a judge had previously protected him from being sent to his country of origin due to concerns regarding gang violence against his family.