US EditionJudge blocks Trump administration from immediately deporting Guatemalan migrant children
The injunction safeguards over 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan minors in U.S. custody amid concerns of violence and pending legal cases, preventing their immediate deportation.
- A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from immediately deporting Guatemalan migrant children who came to the US alone.
- The judge granted a preliminary injunction extending temporary protection for the children indefinitely, though the government can appeal.
- Immigration and children's advocates sued to prevent the children's removal, arguing they were fleeing abuse or violence and legal procedures were bypassed.
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Trump-appointed judge says administration’s court claim ‘crumbled like a house of cards’
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly issued the rebuke in explaining his decision to block the administration’s bid to immediately send certain unaccompanied children to their home country of Guatemala.
Judge says DOJ misled to deport Guatemalan kids
What happenedA federal judge Thursday indefinitely barred the Trump administration from deporting hundreds of Guatemalan children, some of whom endured a failed bid to fly them out of the country in the middle of the night over Labor Day weekend. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said the Justice Department had made false claims in court to justify its “hasty operation,” and the timing of the attempt raised doubts about whether officials were ac…
‘Crumbled like a house of cards’: Judge slams DOJ claims about deporting migrant children • Daily Montanan
The E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington, D.C., home of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, pictured on July 14, 2025. (Photo by Jacob Fischler/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — A federal judge Thursday barred the Trump administration from deporting unaccompanied children to Guatemala, finding that the administration’s claim of reuniting the children with their parents there “crumbled like a house of cards.” Distric…
US Judge Blocks Expulsion of Guatemalan Children
On September 18, a federal judge in Washington, DC issued a preliminary injunction blocking the removal of unaccompanied Guatemalan children, at least 76 of whom the Trump administration attempted to summarily expel in the middle of the night last month.
Two decisions handed down in recent days by American courts have allowed a group of young people not to be expelled and Venezuelan immigrants not to see their status weakened.
Judge blocks removal of Guatemalan children
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Trump's administration from immediately deporting Guatemalan migrant children who came to the U.S. alone back to their home country, the latest step in a court struggle over one of the most…
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