A federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Thursday from immediately deporting unaccompanied Guatemalan migrant children back to their home country in the latest legal salvo over the president’s immigration crackdown.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly’s preliminary injunction follows an attempt by the government over Labor Day weekend to remove Guatemalan minors in custody from the United States.
Kelly’s ruling extends a temporary order already in place preventing the removal of the Guatemalan migrant children. That order, which the judge extended indefinitely, was set to expire on Tuesday. However, the government can appeal the decision.
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