The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration is temporarily allowed to continue deporting migrants to countries in which they are not citizens as the case against such deportations makes its way through the judicial system.

The opinion reverses a federal district judge’s order given in February, which said that immigration authorities must grant the deportees a higher standard of due process before shipping them off to “third countries,” the Daily Caller reported.

The video player is currently playing an ad.The writer of the original ruling, Massachusetts District Judge Brian Murphy, argued that the Trump administration’s rapid removal of illegal aliens to these countries was done without vetting for the possibility of persecution or other legitimate concerns.

“This case is about whether the Government may, without notice, deport a person to the wrong country, or a country where he is likely to be persecuted, or tortured, thereby depriving that person of the opportunity to seek protections to which he would be undisputedly entitled,” Murphy wrote.

The administration responded by arguing that this decision had halted the Department of Homeland Security’s progress in “efficiently removing aliens,” and criminal illegal aliens, from the country, CBS News reported.

Since the beginning of President Trump’s second inauguration, his administration has deported more than 25,000 migrants to countries that are not their own, including in Latin America and Africa, as it is the most effective way to remove the most difficult-to-deport immigrants such as those who have commeted rapes and murder, the Washington Post reported.

Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson voted against the stay, the opinion read.

The opinion said the court clerk is being directed to create a briefing schedule that would allow the case to be argued in December, with the stay being upheld until the court makes its final decision.

The final decision should be expected by mid-2027, according to CBS News.