Day 224

August 31, 2025

1 documented event

  1. Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Deportation & Immigration

    Midnight Deportation of 76 Guatemalan Children: Labor Day Weekend Mass Removal Attempt

    On the Labor Day weekend of 2025, the Trump administration attempted to deport 76 unaccompanied Guatemalan children by waking them at 1 AM and putting them on planes. A federal judge, awakened at 2:35 AM to address an emergency filing, blocked the flights. The government had planned to deport nearly 700 Guatemalan children total, in violation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act.

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