| Appeals Court Smacks Down Trump's Third-Country Removal Policy A federal appeals court roundly rejected the Trump administration's third-country removal policy on Friday, largely upholding a lower court's decision that the policy was unlawful. The three-judge panel on the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that immigrants must be given more time to raise fears about removal to a third country, while casting doubt on diplomatic agreements with the expanding network of 'host' countries. |