On Monday, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to quickly send migrants to other countries, even if those are not their home countries. This decision temporarily stopped a court order that previously allowed migrants to challenge their deportations.

The high court didn't fully explain its decision in the short document. Justice Sonia Sotomayor and the other two liberal judges strongly disagreed, writing a very critical response.

Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, suggested that deporting people to other countries could begin again soon. She said, "Get the deportation planes ready," and described the decision as a win for the safety and security of American citizens.

However, a judge decided that a flight meant to send people back to South Sudan would not leave immediately.

The immigrants on the May flight were 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.

Trina Realmuto, who is the director of the National Immigration Litigation Alliance, stated that if these people are sent to South Sudan, they might experience imprisonment, torture, or even death.

Judge Brian E. Murphy in Boston confirmed that his earlier decision, which allowed the immigrants to discuss their concerns in court, is still valid, even though they were moved to a naval base in Djibouti.

This case is happening while President Trump's government is strictly enforcing immigration laws. They have said they will deport millions of people who are living in the U.S. without legal permission.

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said that the Constitution and Congress give the President the power 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 "confirms the President's power to send illegal immigrants who have committed crimes out of our country and to make America safe again."

In her 19-page disagreement, Sotomayor wrote that the court's decision puts "thousands of people at risk of torture or death." She also said it gives the Trump administration a win, even though they had not followed the lower court's order before.

The government has shown through its words and actions that it believes it can deport anyone without following the law, without informing them, or giving them a chance to present their case. She wrote this in her dissenting opinion, and Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson supported her view.

South Sudan, a young and very poor country, has faced ongoing violence since it became independent from Sudan in 2011. Rising political problems in the country risk causing 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 stopped an order from April by Murphy. This order allowed immigrants to argue that being deported to a third country would put them in danger, even if they had already used all their legal options.

He discovered that the May deportations to South Sudan did not follow his instructions and told immigration officials to let people discuss these issues with their lawyers. Immigration officials kept the migrants in a changed shipping container in Djibouti, where both the migrants and the officers guarding them experienced difficult 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 immigrants sent to South Sudan in May were given less than 16 hours' notice before they had to leave.

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

In a related case, the Trump administration had to bring back a gay Guatemalan man who was wrongly sent to Mexico. He said he was raped and extorted there. This was the first time someone was known to be returned to U.S. custody after being deported since Trump's second term started.

The judges faced a similar problem when Trump tried to send Venezuelans, who were thought to be gang members, to a well-known prison in El Salvador. These people had very little chance to legally question their deportation.

However, in that situation, the court stopped deportations based on an 18th-century wartime law. They stated that migrants must have enough time to challenge their deportation in court before they are sent away.

The court, which has mostly conservative judges, has supported Trump in other immigration cases. This has allowed his government to stop temporary legal protection for almost a million immigrants.