US EditionGuatemala prepared to receive deported minors from the US, president says
- On September 1, 2025, a US federal judge issued a temporary 14-day injunction preventing the removal of 10 Guatemalan minors from US custody.
- The order followed legal challenges arguing deportations breach protections for unaccompanied minors and could expose them to abuse upon return.
- The 10 children, aged 10 to 17, were initially boarded on planes but were returned to shelters managed by the US Office of Refugee Resettlement.
- President Bernardo Arevalo stated on September 1 that Guatemala is ready to receive about 150 unaccompanied minors weekly and is coordinating with the US government.
- The final decisions on deportations, including number and timing, remain with the US government amid ongoing legal disputes over due process rights.
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Guatemala prepared to receive deported minors from the US, president says
Guatemala is ready and willing to receive some 150 unaccompanied minors per week of all ages from the United States, President Bernardo Arevalo said on Monday, a day after a U.S. federal judge halted the deportation of 10 Guatemalan children.
US federal court orders halt to child deportations to Guatemala
A US federal judge on Sunday ordered a temporary stop to Trump administration plans to send more than 600 unaccompanied children back to Guatemala. The emergency order, issued by US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan in Washington DC, came at 4 AM because of exigent circumstances. Attorneys said that 10 children were already on planes, awaiting take-off within four hours. Sooknanan ordered the administration to “cease any ongoing efforts to trans…
The president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, confirmed this Monday that he is willing to receive at least 150 unaccompanied Guatemalan minors sent weekly from the United States, either voluntarily or by order of a judge. These statements occur after Sunday morning a judge stopped the deportation of a group of children to the Central American country. Continue reading
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