Overnight attempt to fly unaccompanied Guatemalan children out

Date

Aug 31, 2025

Kind

Court order

Status

Complied late

Source

cnn.com ↗

Court or forum

D.D.C., Judge Sparkle Sooknanan

What happened

Sooknanan was called at about 2:36 a.m. and told children were being processed for repatriation, with planes on the tarmac in Texas; she ordered the children taken off the planes and barred removal of any unaccompanied Guatemalan minor.

Publisher

CNN

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