Judge blocks flights sending hundreds
of children back to Guatemala
Politico,
by
Kyle Cheney
&
Josh Gerstein
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
8/31/2025 5:53:09 PM
A federal judge has ordered an emergency halt to a plan by the Trump administration to send more than 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children back to their home country — some within a matter of hours — after immigrant advocacy groups sued, calling the unannounced plan illegal.
U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan issued the order just after 4 a.m. Sunday, finding that the “exigent circumstances” described in the lawsuit warranted immediate action “to maintain the status quo until a hearing can be set.”
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 8/31/2025 6:06:11 PM (No. 1998028)
I seem to recall when Senator Kennedy was questioning her during the Senate confirmation process. She was an abject idiot without any experience as a judge. This was all typical of the Bidet nominated Judges. Worthless DEI candidates who were partisan hacks, unable to answer basic questions of law.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
crashnburn 8/31/2025 6:06:52 PM (No. 1998029)
Maybe not so soon but will be appealed and reversed.
I think we should stop calling them Federal judges, and start calling them lawfare judges, because they are committing lawfare against President Trump's agenda, as well as depriving the children of going home to their countries and families. (All to keep the illegal aliens in the country so they'll be counted in the next census, to provide bodies for ballot generation, and to suck Federal aid money into blue states.)
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First Question, were they here illegally? If yes, send them home...
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
PlayItAgain 8/31/2025 6:10:42 PM (No. 1998034)
FTA - “All of these children have parents or guardians in Guatemala who have requested their return,” Ensign said.
If this is true, then this judge's actions are despicable! Remember Elian Gonzales.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
FJB 8/31/2025 6:18:36 PM (No. 1998037)
Time for an Oval Office announcement for these lefty judges to shut up and get lost.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
earlybird 8/31/2025 7:12:18 PM (No. 1998044)
Autopen? Senate only confirmed last December.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
stablemoney 8/31/2025 7:38:20 PM (No. 1998054)
Republicans control both houses of Congress, the Presidency, and have a 6-3 majority on the SC. Can Republicans get anything done? Are Republicans working from home?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Venturer 8/31/2025 7:49:08 PM (No. 1998060)
Where have they been while they were here. Who were their guardians?
Were they unaccompanied here?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
danu 8/31/2025 7:51:18 PM (No. 1998062)
sparkle autopen and the rest of these twits should be on these flights. theyre wasting our dollars
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 8/31/2025 10:13:21 PM (No. 1998099)
Damned arrogant, overreaching judges.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
MickTurn 8/31/2025 10:18:09 PM (No. 1998103)
I would like know why the White House thinks it's a good idea to tell the world what they are doing and when, this is really STUPID. Decide then immediately take action. If the Judges whine, kick them in the rear to the end of the block! Sorry you're too late and we will NOT bring them back, they are HOME!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
rochow 8/31/2025 11:21:17 PM (No. 1998109)
Defrock all these lefty 'judges' who behave as if they were elected president.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 8/31/2025 11:27:06 PM (No. 1998111)
Protecting future Democrat voters. Guatemala?!? I came from Guyana!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Grateful 8/31/2025 11:51:55 PM (No. 1998114)
Judge Sparkle?! Is this an article from the Onion?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
JimBob 9/1/2025 12:40:03 AM (No. 1998123)
Born in Trinidad and Tobago. Clerked for Sotomayor. Nominated by the Hairsniffer. Confirmed on a 50-48 vote in a Senate lame-duck session AFTER Trump won the 2024 election.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
kdog 9/1/2025 8:06:34 AM (No. 1998158)
The article isn't specific on this point, but it sounds like the children just got here and are being sent right back. How does that even happen? Something significant is missing from this story.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Strike3 9/1/2025 8:45:36 AM (No. 1998167)
Where were the fake judges when those children and millions of other illegal aliens were being flown, bused and packed on trains to come here? That was breaking the law. Returning them home is not. What Sparkle and her sycophants are doing is aiding and abetting kidnapping and child rape.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Zigrid 9/1/2025 10:06:20 AM (No. 1998197)
Another woman judge?... now how many does that make...all DEI appointed and unable to rule BY the law....but by their emotions and love of the democrat machine....what does the left hope to accomplish here...I understand the lefties want to cause trouble for President Trump...but using children to accomplish their end is despicable....
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Proud Texan 9/1/2025 10:41:16 AM (No. 1998213)
Biden administration brings them over and separates them from their families, then this judge keeps them separated.
I thought the Dims said they didn't like separation of families.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
PrayerWarrior 9/1/2025 10:48:44 AM (No. 1998219)
There goes Sparkle Sooknanan again. Doesn't the Left have any American Marxist judges to do their dirty work?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
aasilver 9/1/2025 11:31:49 AM (No. 1998257)
How old are these "children" - 17 - 18???
We always think of 'children' as 5 to10 years old. In most of Central and South America childhood ends at 14 - 15 years old.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 9/1/2025 12:33:34 PM (No. 1998281)
#2, I like your "name" concept for these Democrat hack Judges... but maybe we should impose an even stronger moniker on them, such as, "Enemies of Justice."
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
NotaBene 9/1/2025 12:35:00 PM (No. 1998282)
Her Honor Sparkle Isa wise Indian from Trinidad that interned with Sotomayor. DEI is killing US. Fortunately President Donald Trump has destroyed DEI. No more incompetence!
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
NessunDorma 9/1/2025 1:14:57 PM (No. 1998303)
Could any of the "children" protesting their removal be teenage MS-13 gang members?
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
paral04 9/1/2025 2:07:58 PM (No. 1998325)
How can anyone named Sparkle Sooknanan be taken seriously? That issue aside, it looks like she wants these kids to stay victims of the child porno predators. Any person with a soul would want these kids to get back with their parents.
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