Washington, June 24 (RHC)-- In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed President Trump to resume the hasty transfer of immigrants to third countries, lifting a lower court order that ruled immigrants have the right to challenge their removal. 

The case stems from the Trump administration’s attempt last month to send eight individuals — mostly from Latin American and Asian countries — to South Sudan.  But their plane was diverted to a U.S. military base in Djibouti after a judge intervened. 

The court’s three liberal justices issued a scathing dissent, accusing their right-wing colleagues of “rewarding lawlessness.” 

Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned the ruling puts “thousands [at] risk of torture or death.”

[ SOURCE:  DEMOCRACY NOW ]