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Gillian Brockell
@gillianbrockell.com

NEW: Emergency motion asks First Circuit if its decision overturning DHS's third-country removal policy is effective immediately or not. They cite my reporting, and reveal tomorrow's ICE flight to make TCR stops in Central African Republic, Rwanda and Burundi. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72347...

courtlistener.comMotion (other) – #00108513219 in D.V.D. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (1st Cir., 26-1212) – CourtListener.comEMERGENCY MOTION to Clarify the Effectiveness of this Court's Decision or, In the Alternative, Confirm the Stay is Lifted or Issue the Mandate filed by Appellees D.V.D., E.F.D., M.M. and O.C.G.. Serve...
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com

SCOOP: ICE is trying to ignore the appeals court decision striking down its third-country removal policy, using the thinnest of legal technicalities as a justification. It wants to expel a Peruvian man to the Central African Republic tomorrow. prospect.org/2026/09/23/i...

prospect.orgICE Is Trying to Ignore Court’s Decision Striking Down Third-Country Removals - The American ProspectImmigration officials want to send a Peruvian man to the Central African Republic within hours, court filings show.

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Gillian Brockell
@gillianbrockell.com

Gotta appreciate the “or issue the mandate” as the third request in the motion, because it is literally “can you please complete your paperwork since lives are at stake tyvm”

Gillian Brockell
@gillianbrockell.com

Well that was fast. The First Circuit said, "Did we stutter? Overturned means overturned." 🏆 bsky.app/profile/chri...

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

BREAKING: The Trump administration’s third-country removal policy is blocked. The First Circuit says the third-country removal final judgment from Judge Murphy is back in effect. “Consistent with this court's September 18, 2026, Judgment, the March 16, 2026, stay pending appeal is dissolved.”