Judge blocks Trump administration from immediately deporting Guatemalan migrant children

Judge Blocks Administration From Immediately Removing Guatemalan Children

Judge Blocks Administration From Immediately Removing Guatemalan Children This article features a Government Accountability Project whistleblower disclosure and was originally published here. A federal judge temporarily prevented the Trump administration on Thursday from hastily deporting hundreds of Guatemalan children, faulting the government for relying on false pretexts that “crumbled like a house of cards” when presented in court. In a str…

Judge keeps block on Trump push to deport Guatemalan unaccompanied children

US federal judge rebukes the Trump administration’s claims that the minors’ parents wanted them deported.

Judge blocks deportation of Guatemalan children

A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from deporting Guatemalan children after rejecting the Department of Homeland Security’s claim that it was reuniting the youngsters with their parents, who had asked for their return

‘Crumbled like a house of cards’: Judge slams DOJ claims about deporting migrant children

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…

‘Disgusting and immoral’: Even Trump's appointed judge had to block the administration’s bid to deport hundreds of children

A federal judge just blocked the Trump administration from deporting hundreds of Guatemalan children, citing a lack of evidence that the government’s justification for the deportations was true. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, whom Trump appointed, issued a preliminary injunction on Thursday that extends an existing temporary order and prevents the removal of the children. This is a huge deal, especially since the government had previously at…