DOJ Lawyer Says There Are 'No Immediate Plans' to Deport Additional Unaccompanied Minors

After near-deportation, attorneys seek protections for immigrant children in HHS care

The front entrance of the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 3, 2023. (Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Attorneys for a group of 10 Guatemalan children who were nearly deported late last month asked a federal judge during a hearing Wednesday to grant protections for all unaccompanied minors in the care of a Department of Health and Human Services agency handling refugee resettlement. Efrén C. Olivares, t…

DOJ lawyer says there are 'no immediate plans' to deport additional unaccompanied minors

A government lawyer said at a hearing there are "no immediate plans" to deport additional unaccompanied minors, following the near deportation of 76 Guatemalan children.

Lawyers for Guatemalan minors who were nearly deported say others are at risk of removal

Following the near deportation of 76 Guatemalan minors over the weekend, lawyers for the minors are scheduled to seek a preliminary injunction blocking similar removals.