Judge stops U.S. from deporting group of unaccompanied Guatemalan children after some were loaded on planes overnight at Texas airport

People wait for their loved ones from Guatemala who were deported from the U.S. - (AP)

A group of children who were loaded onto planes by federal officials overnight to be sent back to Guatemala will remain in the U.S. for now, thanks to a federal judge’s order over Labor Day weekend.

Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, temporarily blocked the flights early Sunday after attorneys for the kids argued federal officials were violating the law and sending the children into potential danger.