Arizona judge blocks Trump administration from deporting migrant Guatemalan and Honduran children

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Source: The Independent

Friday 26 September 2025 01:32 EDT


A federal judge in Arizona on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from immediately deporting dozens of Guatemalan and Honduran children who came to the U.S. alone.

U.S. District Judge Rosemary Márquez in Tucson granted a preliminary injunction, citing concerns about the steps the government had taken to prepare to deport the children.

“The foundation of Defendants’ argument for their authority to transport Plaintiffs out of the United States is that Defendants are reuniting Plaintiff Children with parents abroad, but counsel could not identify a single instance of coordination between a parent and any government—American or Guatemalan,” she wrote.

The ruling extends the protection for the children living in shelters or foster care after Márquez issued a temporary restraining order over Labor Day weekend. The order was meant to keep the children from being removed until at least Sept. 26.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/trump-arizona-tucson-guatemala-honduras-b2834106.html

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There are at least 2 cases involving children - the more publicized one filed in the District Court for D.C. and this one, recently filed in AZ.

REFERENCE

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143525255

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1. Appointed by Obama, confirmed 81-15.

Her other notable case was her August 30, 2021 ruling, when Marquez threw out a Trump-era rule that permitted the draining and filling of streams, marshes, and wetlands, finding that leaving it in place would lead to "serious environmental harm".