On Monday, the Supreme Court, which was not in full agreement, allowed the Trump administration to quickly deport migrants to countries that were not their home countries. This decision temporarily ended a court order that had given migrants the chance to challenge their deportation.

The high court didn't explain their decision in the short statement. Justice Sonia Sotomayor and the other liberal judges strongly disagreed in a critical response.

Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, said that sending people back to other countries might start again soon. She called this a success for the safety of Americans and mentioned getting the planes ready for these deportations.

However, a judge has decided that a flight meant to deport people to South Sudan will be delayed for some time.

The immigrants on the May flight came from countries such as Myanmar, Vietnam, and Cuba. They had committed serious crimes in the U.S., and immigration officials said they could not send them back to their home countries quickly.

Their lawyer, Trina Realmuto, stated that they might face imprisonment, torture, or even death if they are returned to South Sudan.

Judge Brian E. Murphy in Boston confirmed that his previous order, which allows the immigrants to discuss their concerns in court, is still valid, even though they have been sent to a naval base in Djibouti.

This case is happening while President Trump's government is trying to control immigration more strictly. They have said they will deport millions of people who are in the US without legal permission.

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said that the President has the power, given by the Constitution and Congress, to make sure immigration laws are followed and to remove dangerous foreign people from the country. She also said that the Supreme Court's decision "supports the President's right to remove illegal foreign criminals from our country and make our country safer."

In her strong disagreement, Sotomayor wrote that the court's action puts thousands of people at risk of torture or death. She also stated that this gives the Trump administration a win, even though they had previously ignored a lower court's order.

In her dissenting opinion, supported by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, she wrote that the government has demonstrated through its statements and actions that it considers itself above the law. This implies it can deport anyone, anywhere, without prior notice or the chance to present their case.

South Sudan, the newest and one of the poorest countries in the world, has faced many periods of violence since it became independent from Sudan in 2011. The growing political problems in this African country now threaten to become another civil war.

The Justice Department said in court papers that the government is thinking about the order to decide what to do next.

The Supreme Court has temporarily stopped Murphy's order from April. This order allowed immigrants to argue that being sent to a third country could be dangerous for them, even if they had already used all their legal appeals.

He discovered that the deportations in May to South Sudan went against his instructions, so he told immigration officials to allow people to talk about these issues with their lawyers. Immigration officers kept the migrants in a shipping container that had been converted into living spaces in Djibouti, where both the migrants and the officers guarding them experienced tough conditions.

The government has made agreements with countries like Panama and Costa Rica to house immigrants. This is because some countries do not accept their citizens who are deported from the U.S. Sotomayor wrote that the migrants sent to South Sudan in May were given less than 16 hours' notice.

Murphy, who was chosen by President Biden, did not stop people from being sent to other countries. However, he said that migrants must have a real chance to explain why they might be in serious danger of torture if they are sent to another country.

In a similar legal case, the Trump administration had to bring back a gay man from Guatemala. He had been wrongly sent to Mexico, where he said he was raped and extorted. This was the first time someone known had been returned to U.S. custody after being deported since Trump's second term began.

The judges faced a similar problem when Trump tried to send Venezuelans, who were accused of being gang members, to a well-known prison in El Salvador. These individuals had very little chance to challenge their deportation in court.

However, in that situation, the judges stopped deportations that were happening under an 18th-century wartime law. They stated that migrants must have enough time to challenge their case in court before they are removed.

The court, which has more conservative judges, has previously supported Trump in other immigration cases. This allowed his administration to end temporary legal protection for almost a million immigrants.