US appeals court puts brakes on TCN deportations
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September 18, 2026
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A United States (US) federal appeals court on Friday broadly upheld a lower court ruling restricting a Trump administration policy of deporting undocumented migrants to countries that are not their own.
The three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit said people facing “third-country” deportations must be given effective notice ahead of time about where they are being sent to allow them to raise concerns about potential persecution.
Congress has made it US policy not to deport people to countries where their lives would be in danger or they could be subject to torture.
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