US EditionJudge blocks Trump administration from deporting Guatemalan minors
A federal judge issued an emergency order halting deportations of 600 Guatemalan children due to legal challenges over protections and concerns about rushed procedures.
- Early Sunday, U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan temporarily blocked plans to remove roughly 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children and ordered defendants to cease any ongoing efforts to transfer or remove them, citing ongoing removals.
- The administration framed the effort as a first-of-its-kind pilot to reunify about 600 children with relatives in Guatemala, while immigrant advocacy groups including the National Immigration Law Center filed an emergency class-action early Sunday.
- Justice Department attorneys noted that at least 76 unaccompanied minors aged 10 to 17 in ORR custody boarded flights from Harlingen and El Paso airports, with some woken in the night, before the judge's order halted deportations.
- Judge Sparkle Sooknanan then ordered an expanded emergency order for all unaccompanied children said to be at risk, a temporary halt for the next two weeks, and a court order to file a status report on deplaning efforts.
- Attorneys argue children face abuse if returned, citing pending cases and fears; a Guatemalan government report shows 50 of 115 families want children to stay in the U.S., while advocates note indigenous Guatemalan minors speaking rare languages face increased vulnerability.
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