Supreme Court green-lights Trump's third-country deportations
The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration's policy to deport immigrants to "third countries" to continue and will consider the legal question at a later date. The big picture: The policy of expelling migrants to countries that are not their home country has faced legal challenges from early in the president's second term — and the Supreme Court has once again cleared the…
The Supreme Court of Argentina has ruled that President Javier Milei's recent repeal of restrictions on foreign land ownership is valid, clearing the way for the measure to take effect. The decision overturns a 2024 ruling by a federal appeals court in La Plata, which had blocked the measure after a veterans group, the Centre of Falklands War Veterans of La Plata (CECIM), challenged it on sovereignty grounds.
Law 26.737, known as the 'Ley de Tierras', had capped foreign ownership of rural land at 15 percent nationwide and imposed similar limits at provincial and municipal levels. It also prohibited foreign ownership of areas deemed strategically important. Milei implemented the repeal through an emergency decree right after his inauguration in December 2023, arguing it would deregulate the economy.
Opposition politicians have criticized the decision, urging Congress to reject the decree and citing its potential impact on national sovereignty. Constitutional lawyer Andrés Gil Domínguez noted the ruling effectively allows any foreign individual or entity to purchase rural land without limits, including in strategic areas.
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