The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the deportation of immigrants to countries other than their country of origin, following a recent decision by a lower court that blocked the policy. Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Department of Justice plans to seek the help of the conservative-leaning Supreme Court, nearly a week after a federal appeals court ruled against the policy. Blanche criticized the court's decision, calling it sudden and unfair, as it happened without giving the government a chance to respond. He also noted that the Supreme Court had previously paused the case, allowing the administration to continue the policy temporarily. Under this policy, the administration has reached agreements with other countries, enabling the deportation of more than 25,000 migrants to at least 29 third countries. Many of these deportations have been to Mexico, according to a group called Third Country Deportation Watch, which tracks such actions. Other immigrants have been sent to countries in Latin America, Central Asia, the Caribbean, and Africa. Some of these countries are considered dangerous or high-risk, such as the Central African Republic and South Sudan. A three-judge panel from the U.S. federal appeals court in Boston recently rejected the Trump administration’s third-country deportation policy, upholding a previous decision that found the policy unlawful. This ruling came in a class-action lawsuit brought by migrants facing deportation. The case is seen as a key test of how much due process the government must provide before removing people to countries they have no connection to. Human rights advocates have criticized the policy as "Machiavellian," meaning they believe it is manipulative or overly strategic. They argue that sending immigrants to countries other than their own puts them in extremely difficult and stressful situations. James Percival, the general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security, defended the policy, calling it necessary to remove criminal immigrants who cannot be deported to their home countries. He argued that allowing such individuals to remain in the U.S. could put communities at risk.