FAQ: More Details Emerge About the 76 Guatemalan Children Whose Deportations Were Stopped by a Federal Judge

‘Totally traumatized’ Guatemalan children describe frantic deportation flights

Teens describe fears of returning to Guatemala and frantic deportation flights before judge blocked their removal

FAQ: More details emerge about the 76 Guatemalan children whose deportations were stopped by a federal judge

Attorneys for the children ask for a longer-term block, saying deportation would put them in danger and violate their rights.

Judge Blocks Flights Sending Hundreds of Children Back to Guatemala - Organic Consumers

Judge Blocks Flights Sending Hundreds of Children Back to GuatemalaAugust 28, 2025 | Source: POLITICO | by Kyle Cheney & Josh Gerstein A federal judge has ordered an emergency halt to a plan by the Trump administration to send more than 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children back to their home country — some within a matter of hours — after immigrant advocacy groups sued, calling the unannounced plan illegal. U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan…

FAQ: Why were 76 Guatemalan children pulled off deportation flights in the middle of the night?

A federal judge's emergency order stopped planes carrying Guatemalan migrant children. Attorneys said the rushed deportation effort violated the minors' due process rights. The post FAQ: Why were 76 Guatemalan children pulled off deportation flights in the middle of the night? appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.