DOJ appeals Biden-appointed judge’s block on third-country deportations after Supreme Court steps in — twice

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The Department of Justice is turning to an appeals court for relief after a Biden-appointed federal judge blocked the Trump administration from deporting illegal immigrants to countries not designated in their paperwork, arguing the judge had already twice been overruled by the Supreme Court on the issue. DOJ lawyers urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit to quickly pause the broad order issued by Judge Brian Murphy that blocked the so-called third-country deportations, arguing Murphy’s order threatened to derail sensitive diplomatic negotiations. The DOJ said the order could affect potentially "thousands" of removals, a prospect that threatens to interfere with the Trump administration's aggressive deportation agenda. "The Supreme Court twice stayed the district court’s sweeping nationwide, classwide preliminary injunction," DOJ lawyers wrote Thursday, accusing Murphy of trying to "evade" the high court’s prior rulings by issuing a new order that was "doubly misguided." FEDERAL JUDGE STRIKES DOWN LARGE PARTS OF TRUMP MASS DETENTION POLICIES FOR MIGRANTS The lawyers argued Murphy’s order created an "unworkable scheme" that "materially impairs the ability of the government to enforce the immigration laws" and would cause "massive operational disruption" in an area that often requires "tight timing and sensitive diplomatic coordination." The high-stakes lawsuit stemmed from several immigrants with final removal orders suing in Massachusetts , alleging the Department of Homeland Security violated immigration laws by failing to provide enough notice for the immigrants to raise claims that they feared they could be tortured in the new country they were to be deported to. The DOJ in its appeal defended its deportation policy, which allows third-country removals based on assurances the Trump administration receives from the countries. Citing court precedent, the department said the judicial branch is "not suited to second-guess such determinations" because th…