Trump โGovernance Plans Removal โคofโค Hundreds of โคGuatemalan Children
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is planning โคto deport nearly 700 Guatemalanโ children who arrivedโ in the โU.S.without their parents, according โto a letter from Senatorโ Ron โคWyden (D-OR).โ Guatemala โhas indicated โคits willingness to โaccept the children.
Wyden warned Angie Salazar,โ acting director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement โ(ORR) within the Department of Health and Human Services, that โthe removals would violate the ORR’s child welfare mandate and established U.S. obligations to โคthese children. โHe urged the โฃadministration โขto halt the plans, arguingโค thay would โคseparate children from families, legal โคrepresentation, and support networks, potentially returningโ them to perilous conditions.
This action is part of the Trump administration’s broader crackdown on immigration, which includes increased enforcement in cities like Chicago, accelerated deportations, andโ the โtermination of protections for those authorized to live and work in the U.S.
Guatemalan Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Martรญnez stated his government is prepared toโ receive the unaccompanied minors currently held in U.S. facilities. โA โkey concernโ forโข Guatemala isโข preventing children โฃfromโค aging out of the child-specific facilities and being transferred to โขadult detention centers. Discussions are currently focused on the repatriation of over 600 children,though โขthe exact number remains fluid.
This proposed number nearly doublesโ a previous agreement to repatriate 341 unaccompanied minors. guatemalan Immigration Institute Director Danilo Rivera previously stated the government would cover the โฃcosts of these returns, โคframing them as โฃvoluntary. President Bernardo Arรฉvalo hasโ affirmed Guatemala’s moral and legal obligation to advocate for these children, following a visitโฃ from U.S.Homelandโฃ Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
The White House and the โDepartment of Health and Human Services have not yet commented โonโ the plan, first reported by CNN.
According to whistleblowers cited inโข Wyden’s letter, children without a parent or legalโค guardian sponsor,โฃ or without an active asylum claim, will be forcibly removed.Immigrant rights advocates have expressed outrage. “We are outragedโฃ by the Trump administration’s renewedโค assault onโข the rights of immigrant children,” saidโ Lindsay Toczylowski, president and CEO of Immigrant Defenders Law Center. “This is yet another calculated attemptโฃ to sever what โlittle due process remains in the immigration system.”
Reporting by Santana, Seitz, โand Gonzalez of the Associated โPress. Gonzalez โreported from McAllen, Texas. Additional reporting by Sonia Pรฉrez D. โin Guatemala City andโฃ tim Sullivan in Minneapolis.
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