The attorneys argued that immigration judges granted their five plaintiffs fear-based deportation protections to their home country under the Immigration Nationality Act and Convention Against Torture. Third-country removalsA deportation protection, such as a “withholding of removal,” doesn’t create blanket protections from removal. It requires the U.S. to find what is known as a third country that will accept the deportee. The government must notify the deportee of the country of removal and give them a chance to object if they fear persecution there. Ghana is planning to remove them to their countries of origin by Friday, according to court records.