{"id":2580561,"date":"2026-03-16T19:31:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-hands-trump-win-on-third-country-deportation-policy\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T19:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:34:24","slug":"appeals-court-hands-trump-win-on-third-country-deportation-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-hands-trump-win-on-third-country-deportation-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeals court hands Trump win on third-country deportation policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fappeals-court-hands-trump-win-on-third-country-deportation-policy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2580561&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit on Monday allowed the trump management\u2019s third-contry deportation policy too remain in effect while a related lawsuit proceeds,effectively pausing a lower-court ruling that had declared the policy unlawful. The panel sided 2-1 in granting a pause on the lower court\u2019s injunction,building on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-trump-on-usaid-foreign-aid-freeze-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... rejects ... on USAID foreign aid freeze - Washington Examiner\">temporary stay issued<\/a> last week. The majority consisted of Judges Jeffrey Howard (Bush appointee) and Seth Aframe (Biden appointee); Judge Lara Montecalvo (Biden appointee) would have denied the request. The court asked the Justice Department and the plaintiffs to file briefs within a month, with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >oral arguments scheduled<\/a> soon after. The decision comes after U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy blocked the policy,a ruling the Supreme Court had allowed to continue temporarily via emergency orders. Attorney General Pam Bondi hailed the ruling as a key win for the administration\u2019s immigration agenda, noting that more work lies ahead. The ruling is notable as a rare appellate victory for the administration in a circuit that has been typically unfriendly to such challenges, even though the Supreme Court has recently ruled in the administration\u2019s favor in related matters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Appeals court hands Trump win on third-country deportation policy<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2531593\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A federal <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/appeals-courts\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1537\">appeals court<\/a> handed the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"339\">Trump administration<\/a> a key victory on Monday by allowing its third-country deportation policy to continue while a lawsuit challenging it continues to be litigated.<\/p>\n<p>A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.ca1.53896\/gov.uscourts.ca1.53896.00108417272.0.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.ca1.53896\/gov.uscourts.ca1.53896.00108417272.0.pdf\">ruled<\/a> 2-1 in favor of halting the lower court&rsquo;s ruling, which found the administration&rsquo;s policy of deporting illegal immigrants to countries other than their country of origin was unlawful. The ruling builds on a temporary halt to the lower court&rsquo;s order issued last week, allowing the policy to remain in place until the case is argued before the three-judge panel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4493198\/bank-of-america-settles-lawsuit-by-jeffrey-epstein-accusers\/\">Bank of America settles lawsuit brought by Jeffrey Epstein accusers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4493093\/democrats-refer-kristi-noem-doj-perjury-congressional-hearings\/\">Democrats refer Kristi Noem to DOJ for perjury during congressional hearings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4492848\/federal-reserve-tapped-robert-hur-spurn-doj-subpoenas\/\">Federal Reserve tapped Robert Hur to help fend off DOJ subpoenas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The panel did not offer an explanation for the decision but asked the DOJ and the people suing the administration over the policy to file briefs over the next month, with oral arguments set before the panel shortly after all briefs are in.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Circuit Judges Jeffrey Howard, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, and Seth Aframe, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, were in the majority to grant the pause of the lower court&rsquo;s ruling, while U.S. Circuit Judge Lara Montecalvo, a Biden appointee, said she would have denied the request.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, a Biden appointee, had blocked Trump&rsquo;s third-country deportation policy last month, ruling it was &ldquo;not fine, nor is it legal,&rdquo; even after the Supreme Court had twice allowed the policy to continue in the interim via their emergency docket.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3451537\/supreme-court-trump-immigration-allowed-deport-third-countries\/\">previously lifted<\/a>&nbsp;Murphy&rsquo;s preliminary injunction blocking the third-country deportation policy in June 2025, issuing a 6-3 unsigned order that did not elaborate on the rationale behind the majority&rsquo;s decision. Shortly after the Supreme Court lifted the block, Murphy still tried to enforce another order that built off the one the justices lifted &mdash; this one blocking the deportation of eight criminal illegal immigrants to&nbsp;South Sudan. The high court&nbsp;quickly&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3462911\/supreme-court-backs-trump-bid-to-deport-criminals-to-south-sudan\/\">rebuked him<\/a>&nbsp;in a 7-2 unsigned order. Murphy&rsquo;s ruling last month was a final ruling on the matter, which supersedes the preliminary injunction that was lifted by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AGPamBondi\/status\/2033573880149712974?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AGPamBondi\/status\/2033573880149712974?s=20\">celebrated<\/a> the ruling Monday, posting on X that it was a key win for President Donald Trump&rsquo;s aggressive immigration agenda.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is more work ahead on this important issue, but this is a key win for [Trump&rsquo;s] immigration agenda,&rdquo; Bondi said. Justice Department &ldquo;attorneys will continue fighting tirelessly to advance and protect President Trump&rsquo;s policies in court.&rdquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AGPamBondi\/status\/2033573880149712974\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4488586\/appeals-court-allows-trump-continue-third-country-deportations\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4488586\">APPEALS COURT ALLOWS TRUMP TO CONTINUE &lsquo;THIRD-COUNTRY&rsquo; DEPORTATIONS FOR NOW<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ruling in the 1st Circuit on Monday marks a rare victory in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-child-medical-transition-ban-reinstated-by-us-appeals-court\/\" title=\"US ... reinstates ban on Alabama child medical transition.\">appeals court made<\/a> up of mostly Democrat-appointed judges.<\/p>\n<p>During the first year of Trump&rsquo;s second term in the White House, the circuit had denied efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-allows-trump-to-continue-third-country-deportations\/\" title=\"... allows ... to ... \u2018third country\u2019 deportations\">lift high-profile blocks<\/a> of various Trump policies. When the administration appealed those 1st Circuit rulings to the Supreme Court, the majority on the high court ruled in the Trump administration&rsquo;s favor each time in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1st Circuit allows Trump third-country deportations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2580562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26052625703817-1.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[69805,6184,70100,75932,3634],"class_list":["post-2580561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-appeals-court-2","tag-deportation","tag-immigration-policy-2","tag-third-country-deportation","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26052625703817-1.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2580561"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2580565,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580561\/revisions\/2580565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2580562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2580561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2580561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2580561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}