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Planes stopped at 2:30 AM: Judge halts flights carrying Guatemalan children; orders to let them stay in the US for now

A federal judge on Sunday temporarily halted aircraft carrying migrant children who were waiting on tarmacs to be deported to their home country of Guatemala. The judge sided with the children’s lawyers, who said the government was violating the law and putting their clients in danger.From tarmacs in Texas to a courthouse in Washington, the […]

Judge Temporarily Blocks U.S. Efforts to Deport Guatemalan Children

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting 10 Guatemalan children back to their home country, and scheduled an emergency hearing on Sunday to determine whether the deportations were legal. Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan, of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, issued the order after the National Immigration Law Center filed […]

At least seven killed in Guatemala funeral attack | World News

At least seven killed in Guatemala funeral attack GUATEMALA CITY: At least seven people were killed and 13 wounded in an armed attack at a funeral in Guatemala on Tuesday, in an incident linked to gang-related disputes, government officials said.Guatemala is plagued by the violent rivalry between the Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gangs, […]

Secret deportation: 82-year old lost after ICE office visit to replace green card; family was told he died, later found alive in Guatemala

Luis Leon, an 82-year-old Pennsylvania resident, was unexpectedly deported to Guatemala after visiting a US immigration office to replace his lost green card.Leon had been living in Allentown for decades after being granted political asylum in the US in 1987, following torture under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet’s regime.He had lost his wallet containing the physical […]