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Judge Halts U.S. Effort to Deport Guatemalan Children as Planes Sit on Tarmac

The temporary block ended another last-minute flurry of legal action over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

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A relative of an unaccompanied minor deported from the United States reviewing a list of those deported outside La Aurora International Airport, in Guatemala City on Sunday.
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Judge Halts U.S. Effort to Deport Guatemalan Children as Planes Sit on Tarmac

The temporary block ended another last-minute flurry of legal action over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

© Moises Castillo/Associated Press

A relative of an unaccompanied minor deported from the United States reviewing a list of those deported outside La Aurora International Airport, in Guatemala City on Sunday.
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U.S. Is Working With Guatemala to Return Hundreds of Children

The children, who crossed the border as unaccompanied minors, are being kept in shelters. Experts said the move raised troubling legal questions.

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Unaccompanied minors waiting to be transported to a U.S. Border Patrol processing facility after crossing the Rio Grande into the U.S. in 2021.
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Immigrant Population in U.S. Drops for the First Time in Decades

An analysis of census data by the Pew Research Center found that between January and June, the foreign-born population declined by nearly 1.5 million.

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Aggressive enforcement has created a climate of fear in immigrant communities across the country. Above, Corona, Queens, in 2023.
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