{"success":true,"data":{"id":"66c5bd59-8774-4f22-a4bb-326102be733f","title":"Appeals court rejects Trump's third-country deportation policy, citing due process violations","rewritten":true,"source_title":"Appeals court rejects Trump's third-country deportation policy","summary":"A federal appeals court ruled Friday that U.S. immigration officials must give detainees a meaningful chance to contest deportation to countries where they have no ties. The ruling largely upholds a lower court finding the policy illegal, with over 25,000 migrants already deported to third countries under the DHS policy.","content":"A federal appeals court ruled Friday that U.S. immigration officials must offer detainees a meaningful opportunity to contest any deportation to countries where they have no ties.\n\nThe ruling by the Boston-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit marks a setback for the Trump administration's controversial third-country deportation policy, which has dropped some migrants thousands of miles from their country of origin — in some cases sending deportees from Latin America to sub-Saharan Africa.\n\nThe appellate court largely upheld a lower court order finding the policy illegal, ruling against Department of Homeland Security rules that allow federal immigration officials to send deportees to so-called third countries with little to no notice or opportunity to challenge their deportation.\n\nThe DHS policy, enacted last year, gave officials the power to send migrants to a third country without giving them any notice if that nation gave the State Department blanket assurances that it would not persecute or torture the deportees.\n\nAn individual's right to contest removal to a country based on a fear of persecution in that country means little if one does not receive prior notice of the intended removal destination and a meaningful opportunity to contest that destination, the appeals court panel wrote.\n\nDHS General Counsel James Percival said on X late Friday: The third country deportation policy continues, as the First Circuit's ruling is not currently in effect. If you claim fear in your home country, DHS has the right to send you elsewhere.\n\nThe ruling will almost certainly be appealed to the Supreme Court. The administration has brokered third-country deportation agreements with more than 30 nations across the globe, including African countries like Liberia.\n\nMore than 25,000 migrants have been deported to third countries under the DHS policy, around 80% of whom have been sent to Mexico, according to one advocacy group.\n\nCBS News reported earlier this week on a group of deportees who were flown to Liberia last month, including citizens of countries in South and Central America — like Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Venezuela — and people from other parts of Africa. The migrants, who are living in a hotel, said they were not notified by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that they would be removed to Liberia, and werent given the chance to challenge their deportation to West Africa.\n\nI'm concerned, Honduran native Elvis Rodriguez Venturas told CBS News. I feel far away, on the other side of the world.","source_name":"CBS News","source_url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/appeals-court-rejects-trump-third-country-deportation-policy/","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/appeals-court-rejects-trump-third-country-deportation-policy/","author":"Unknown Author","author_name":"Unknown Author","published_at":"2026-09-19T02:44:15.000Z","publication_date":"2026-09-19T02:44:15.000Z","image_url":"https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/09/15/df2e2f1a-08b0-4c0d-bdb8-de78009d16ae/thumbnail/96x96/7cd696732b37881c5713184f2479320b/untitled-449.jpg#","category":"politics","topic":"politics","tags":[],"political_bias":null,"bias_score":null,"confidence_score":null,"credibility_score":null,"factual_quality":null,"reading_time":3,"word_count":407,"view_count":0,"breaking":false,"breaking_news":false,"ai_analysis":null,"fact_check_status":"unverified","archive_status":"hot","language":null}}