NEW: Following a @BuzzFeedNews story documenting how ICE expelled 30+ unaccompanied children back to Guatemala after a federal judge blocked the controversial practice, ICE explains its side of the story in federal court to Judge Emmit Sullivan.
The filing confirms key facts.
The filing confirms key facts.
The flight took off 10 minutes after the ruling & ICE officials left the children in Guatemala.
ICE officials say that their personnel on the ground were not aware of the injunction until after the children had been handed over to Guatemalan authorities.
ICE officials say that their personnel on the ground were not aware of the injunction until after the children had been handed over to Guatemalan authorities.
This DHS filing in court came after the ACLU asked ICE about the flight on November 25, the day after our story was published.
Something that sticks out in the filing:
DHS says to Judge Sullivan that the agency obtained the contact information for the adults who took the children who had been deported to Guatemala.
Why do that, beyond knowing the agency may be forced to return the children?
DHS says to Judge Sullivan that the agency obtained the contact information for the adults who took the children who had been deported to Guatemala.
Why do that, beyond knowing the agency may be forced to return the children?
Emmet* (I should know this by now!)
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