During his presidency, Trump signed a series of agreements that successfully sent more than 25,000 immigrants to at least 29 third-party countries, mostly Mexico. However, in mid-September, a U.S. federal appeals court ruled that the Trump administration's policy of rapidly deporting undocumented immigrants to third countries was illegal.
U.S. Attorney General Todd Branch stated, "The federal appeals court blocked our deportations of all undocumented immigrants to third countries overnight without giving the administration an opportunity to respond. This is a perfectly legal and crucial tool to curbing the influx of undocumented immigrants… We will immediately seek relief from the Supreme Court, which previously granted a stay order in the same case."
