On Sunday (August 31), the US federal judge ordered an emergency stop to deport more than 600 Guatemalan children unaccompanied by unaccompanied children, some of which were already located on aircraft. The decision came after the groups were suing for immigrants’ defense and marked the illegal move.
“I don’t want there any ambiguity,” said Judge Sparkle L. Sooknan, stressing that her order was widely related to the Guatemalan minors who crossed the border without their parents or guardians. The judge gave a 14 -day retribution and ordered the children to return to the Refugee Resettlement Office (ORR).
The advocates quote legal protection
According to the lawsuit at the National Center for Immigration Law, the US immigration laws were specifically exempted by children unaccompanied from accelerated removal and guarantee them full legal protection, including hearing from the immigration judge.
Risk of pursuit
“All unaccompanied children – regardless of the circumstances of their arrival in the United States – will gain the advantage of complete immigration proceedings,” the lawyers wrote in their submission. They warned that the unannounced administration plan not only violated the federal law, but also exposed the risk of returning to a country where they could face persecution.
Senator Wyden increases the alarm
Senator Ron Wyden pushed the Office for Readying Refugees to cancel the deportation plans, warned that he would violate “a mandate for children’s care and a long -established duty of this country”. Wyden, who wrote Angie Salazar, the acting director of the office, stressed: “Children unaccompanied are some of the most vulnerable children entrusted to government care. In many cases, these children and their families had to decide to face danger and separation in search of security.”
Whistleblower accounts
Wyden’s letter quoted by the notifiers said that children without parents, legal representatives or active asylum “will be forcibly removed from the country”. He added that this step “is threatened to separate children from their families, lawyers and support systems… and vulnerable children disappear out of the reach of US law and supervision.”
The context of the immigration procedure
The plan comes in the middle of the wider forcing pressure of Trump’s administration, including increased deportations, ending the legal protection of some migrants and a steep officer in cities such as Chicago for immigration interventions.
The role of Guatemala
In July, the director of the Immigration Institute Guatemala Danilo Rivera confirmed the plans to repatriate 341 minors from American facilities before they were 18 years old to avoid adult detainment. President Bernardo Arenva has prevented this effort and stated that the government has a “moral and legal obligation” to defend children. His remarks came shortly after visiting the US Internal Security Minister Kristi Noem in Guatemala.
What happens to the children on the border
Children of unaccompanied migrants are usually covered by the Office for Resetting Refugees after being detained at the US-Mexika border. They are located in shelters or foster care until he is released to the sponsor, often a family member. Children can apply for asylum, special status of juvenile immigrants or visas for victims of trading in people and exploitation.
(Tagstotranslate) district judge USA Sparkle Sooknan
