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Brian Slupski

Memo Undercuts Trump Administration Claim in Fight to Send Children to Guatemala

Children deplane after a judge blocks the Trump administration from sending them to Guatemala. (Credit: ABC News)

The parents of some of the Guatemalan children the Trump administration attempted to deport in the name of family unification did not want the children to leave the U.S., according to a memo cited by lawmakers.

On Sunday, a federal judge blocked the deportation of the 76 children. The last-minute order came after the children had already boarded a plane that was going to go to Guatemala, ABC News reported.

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