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Alexandra Villarreal in New York

Trump administration targets children amid push to ‘deport at all costs’

A child in a courthouse hallway
A Department of Justice sign outside immigration courts at the Jacob K Javits federal building on 31 July 2026 in New York City. Photograph: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images

The Trump administration is deliberately targeting children who came to the US unaccompanied by a parent or guardian as it pushes to quickly return them to the countries they fled – amid “drastic policy changes” in immigration courts, according to allegations in a federal lawsuit shared with the Guardian.

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are trying to prevent imminent deportation to the places from where they escaped danger or harm.

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