US Judge orders Trump administration to stop expelling children crossing Mexico border

A federal judge on Wednesday, vember 18 ordered Trump ministration to stop expelling immigrant children who cross country's sourn border along Mexico unaccompanied. order furr halted a Trump ministration policy that has resulted in thousands of rapid deportations of mirs during  pandemic. As per Associated Press reports, ministration has expelled at least 8,800 unaccompanied children since March.

US District Judge Emmet Sullivan is reported to have issued a preliminary injunction sought by legal groups suing on behalf of children whom government sought to expel before y could request asylum or or protections under federal law. While expelling children in March, US ministration h issued an emergency declaration citing coronavirus pandemic as grounds for barring most people crossing border from remaining in United States.

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Expulsion of children prohibited

Sullivan's order prohibits only expulsion of children who cross border unaccompanied by a parent, as per reports. government has also expelled more than 147,000 people since March, including ults, and parents and children traveling toger. Furrmore, border nts have forced many immigrants to return to Mexico right away, while detaining ors in holding facilities or hotels, sometimes for days or weeks.

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Lawyer calls Trump policy 'gratuitously cruel'

A lawyer for American Civil Liberties Union, Lee Gelernt, is reported to have termed Trump ministration policy as 'gratuitously cruel and unlawful' and said that policy was sending thousands of young children back to danger without any hearing.  

Meanwhile, Trump ministration has argued in court that it must expel children who have recently crossed border wher y h authorisation or t to prevent infection of border nts and ors in immigration custody. emergency declaration was reportedly me by Dr. Robert Redfield, director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Justice Department on October 2, citing judgment of ' nation's top public health official' in urging Sullivan t to stop expulsion of children.

However, opponents of policy accused ministration of using pandemic as a pretext to curb immigration and said  nts can safely screen mirs for COVID-19 without denying protections under federal anti-trafficking law and a court settlement that governs treatment of children. As per reports, children and parents who have been expelled believed y would be allowed to reunite with family in US but were inste deported to ir countries of origin.

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(With ncy inputs; Im-AP)