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September 19, 2025

Trump-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump Administration from Immediately Deporting Guatemalan Children
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has blocked the Trump
administration from immediately deporting a group of at least 76
unaccompanied Guatemalan migrant children who were living in government
custody. Judge Timothy J. Kelly, who is a Trump appointee, rejected
claims by DHS that the children were being deported to be reunited with
their parents, who had asked for their return to Guatemala. In his
ruling, Kelly said the administration's argument "crumbled like a house
of cards" as "there is no evidence before the Court that the parents of
these children sought their return." Trump officials had attempted to
secretly deport the children in the middle of the night over Labor Day
weekend.


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