Supreme Court pauses limits on third-country removals while taking D.V.D. case

The Supreme Court granted the government’s stay application in DHS v. D.V.D., staying the February 25, 2026 order and judgment from the District of Massachusetts. The Court also treated the stay application as a certiorari petition, granted review, and directed briefing on jurisdiction, classwide relief and whether the government’s third-country-removal guidance is unlawful under immigration statutes, due process, or FARRA/CAT and its implementing regulations. The Clerk was directed to set a briefing schedule for argument in the December 2026 argument session. The stay lasts until the Supreme Court sends down its judgment. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson would have denied the stay.