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US judge blocks government from deporting unaccompanied Guatemalan minors

People board a plane in Harlingen, Texas, the US on August 31, 2025, as four charter buses unload dozens of passengers [Valerie Gonzalez/AP]

A United States judge has blocked the administration of US President Donald Trump from deporting unaccompanied Guatemalan children for at least the next two weeks, in the government’s ongoing hardline anti-immigration push.

The order, which was issued on Sunday in response to a complaint filed by a pro-immigrant advocacy group, came as some Guatemalan children were reportedly already put onto planes at a Texas airport and huddled inside.

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