A federal district judge on Sept. 18 formally blocked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from deporting a group of Guatemalan children who entered the United States illegally and without parents.
The new order issued by Judge Timothy Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia covers 10 plaintiffs whom the DHS wants to remove from the United States, as well as an unspecified number of children already in federal custody.
The newly issued preliminary injunction is an upgrade of a temporary restraining order preventing removal that was originally issued on Aug. 31 and then repeatedly extended by the district court….