This request came just one day after the high court permitted immigration officials to resume quick removals to third countries.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to clear the way for the deportation of several immigrants to South Sudan, a war-ravaged country where they have no ties.

The US Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to resume deportations of migrants to countries other than their homelands, overturning a lower court order. This decision enables the Department of Homeland Security to proceed with deportations to third countries,