BORDER/CHILDREN/HHS/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge in San Diego is temporarily blocking the government from deporting recently reunited immigrant families, the latest ruling to go against the Trump administration as it rushes to reunite more than 2,500 children with their families. Judge Dana Sabraw gave the Trump administration a week to file a written objection to the order but for now has directed the government to halt such deportations. The concern is parents would agree to be deported before fully comprehending their children’s rights to due process. The parents and children have separate immigration cases. The American Civil Liberties Union asked the judge to block such deportations. In a filing on Monday [7-16-8], the ACLU asked that families at least be given a week before being removed. Judge Sabraw also chastised the government for a filing last week from a Health and Human Services official who warned that quickly reuniting parents and their children could put children in danger. The judge said the filing from Chris Meekins, a top Health and Human Services’ official, was ‘exasperating, to put it plainly.’”
–Alicia A. Caldwell, “Federal Judge Orders Temporary Halt to Deportations of Recently Reunited Migrant Families,” The Wall Street Journal, July 16, 2018 3:38 pm