In a decisive win for President Donald J. Trump’s immigration agenda, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Monday to lift a lower court’s injunction that had temporarily halted deportations of illegal aliens to third countries.

The ruling allows the Trump administration to resume swift removals—without unnecessary bureaucratic delays—of non-citizens to nations other than their country of origin. Leftist attempts to obstruct Trump’s immigration crackdown have once again run into a constitutional wall.

Liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.

At the center of the case was a challenge brought by a coalition of migrants—many with serious criminal records—who objected to being deported to third countries such as El Salvador, South Sudan, and Guatemala. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, appointed under a prior administration and seated in Boston, had ruled earlier this month that these individuals must be granted a “reasonable fear interview” before being removed—essentially slowing down deportations with added legal red tape.

Murphy insisted that his order didn’t block deportations entirely, only that Trump officials “comply with the law” while carrying them out. But critics argued his ruling gave dangerous criminals a loophole to exploit, delaying justice and jeopardizing public safety.

Solicitor General D. John Sauer, representing the administration, argued that the lower court’s ruling had handcuffed efforts to deport “some of the worst of the worst illegal aliens.” He also noted that several individuals were being housed temporarily at a U.S. military facility in Djibouti as they awaited final deportation proceedings.

Sauer emphasized that many of these cases involved individuals with known national security risks or violent criminal backgrounds—yet lower courts were effectively shielding them from lawful removal.

The Supreme Court’s decision marks a turning point in what has been a prolonged legal battle between Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts and an entrenched activist legal apparatus sympathetic to open-border ideology.

The Trump White House did not mince words following the decision.

“Fire up the deportation planes,” tweeted Assistant Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin, celebrating the outcome.

“The SCOTUS ruling is a victory for the safety and security of the American people,” she added. “The Biden Administration allowed millions of illegal aliens to flood our country, and now the Trump Administration can exercise its undisputed authority to remove these criminal illegal aliens and clean up this national security nightmare.”

Not surprisingly, open-borders advocates reacted with alarm.

Trina Realmuto, executive director of the National Immigration Litigation Alliance, slammed the ruling, warning that it “strips away critical due process protections.” She claimed that without these protections, her clients face potential “torture and death.”

But Trump allies argue that fear-mongering from activist attorneys is no excuse for allowing the continued presence of illegal aliens who pose a threat to American communities. As President Trump continues to restore law and order at the border and beyond, Monday’s ruling paves the way for faster, lawful deportations—and sends a strong message: America’s immigration laws will be enforced.