Supreme Court Takes MASSIVE CASE on Trump Agenda...

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Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian preview two major immigration cases headed to the U.S. Supreme Court, both testing how far the Trump administration can go in deporting and detaining immigrants. The first, Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D., challenges third-country removals, the practice of sending people to countries that are not named in their removal orders and have nothing to do with them. Judge Brian Murphy in Massachusetts required written notice, a chance to object, and screening for fear of torture or persecution before any such removal, and the First Circuit largely affirmed. On September 29 the Supreme Court stayed that order over the dissent of its three liberal justices and set argument for December 9, so the government can keep removing people in the meantime. The hosts cite reports that roughly 25,000 people have been sent to 29 countries, mostly to Mexico, the vast majority with no criminal record. The second case, Barbosa da Cunha, asks whether immig