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 attempted to deport these children on a holiday weekend, waking up minors as young as 10 years old in the middle of the night to transfer them to a plane. The judge’s decision came after a lawsuit was filed by attorneys for the minors, who argued that their clients were at risk of being sent back to a dangerous situation and that their legal claims had not been fully vetted.
