DOJ lawyer says there are 'no immediate plans' to deport additional unaccompanied minors

Source: ABC News

September 10, 2025, 4:53 PM


A government attorney said at a hearing Wednesday that the administration has "no immediate plans" to deport additional unaccompanied minors, following the near deportation of 76 Guatemalan minors over Labor Day weekend.

A judge over the weekend temporarily blocked the deportation of the 76 unaccompanied minors without due process, just as they were sitting on the planes preparing to depart.

Justice Department officials have said the 76 minors were being removed in accordance with the law and at the request of the Guatemalan government and the minors' legal guardians, but attorneys for the minors say some of children did not have parents who had requested their return, and that some minors expressed a fear of returning to Guatemala.

At a hearing Wednesday, attorneys for the minors asked a federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction blocking such deportations.

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