Courts blocked the handover after lawyers raised concerns of torture. Then the Supreme Court intervened to allow the Trump administration’s plan to move forward.

The order was the latest round in the fight over the legality of the administration's campaign to deter immigration through deportations to countries where migrants say they face safety concerns.

The migrants were the subject of a lawsuit that halted their deportation to South Sudan and diverted them to a U.S. military base in Djibouti.