An appeal that landed at the Supreme Court Tuesday could test the justices’ emerging concern about President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation policies and whether he is willing to defy judicial orders.

The DOJ filing represents its latest trip to the Supreme Court as it seeks a freer hand to pursue President Trump's immigration crackdown.

The Trump administration on Tuesday filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to lift what it called "onerous" due process procedures imposed by a federal judge for immigrants slated for deportation to a third country other than their own.