Judge Bars 3rd-Country Removal Of Noncitizen Class As 1st Resort

( February 27, 2026, 10:55 AM EST) -- BOSTON — The federal government may not remove members of a class of noncitizens to any third country without first seeking to remove them to the class members’ designated country of removal or specified alternate country and without providing notice or the opportunity for class members to raise a country-specific claim against removal, a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled, declaring the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) March 2025 third-country removal policy “unlawful.”...