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Guatemala government says it asked for migrant children back : NPR

Guatemala government says it asked for migrant children back : NPR

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Guatemalan Minister of Governance Francisco Jimenez shake hands after signing a memorandum of understanding on a joint security program agreement at the Palacio Nacional de la Cultura on June 26 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images After planes with Guatemalan children were loaded in the U.S., …

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Federal judge blocks US from deporting unaccompanied children to Guatemala | US immigration

Federal judge blocks US from deporting unaccompanied children to Guatemala | US immigration

A federal judge on Sunday issued a restraining order blocking the Trump administration from deporting 10 unaccompanied Guatemalan children back to their home country after lawyers said the removals would violate US laws. The Washington DC-based district judge Sparkle Sooknanan ordered the administration to refrain from deporting the children for 14 days and called for a hearing at 12.30pm. The …

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Judge bars U.S. from deporting group of unaccompanied children to Guatemala

Judge bars U.S. from deporting group of unaccompanied children to Guatemala

A federal judge overnight barred the Trump administration from deporting a group of unaccompanied migrant children to Guatemala after lawyers argued the effort would skirt legal protections Congress established for these minors. The plaintiffs in this case are 10 migrant children between the ages of 10 and 17 who entered the U.S. without authorization and without their parents or legal guardians. …

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New human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say

New human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say

(Corrects throughout that new human case of screwworm is not the first recorded case in U.S. history) By Cassandra Garrison and Tom Polansek BUENOS AIRES/CHICAGO (Reuters) -A case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite has been identified in a person in Maryland who had traveled to the United States from Guatemala, according to four sources familiar with the situation. The person, …

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Exclusive: New human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say – Reuters

Exclusive: New human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say  Reuters Flesh-eating screwworm parasite detected in person in US for first time  Sky News Texas A&M entomologist breaks down New World screwworm eradication method  KBTX News 3 Efforts to keep screwworm at bay  Boston Herald FDA’s emergency drug use for NWS needs prescriptions, record-keeping  Brownfield Ag News …

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Exclusive: First human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say – Reuters

Exclusive: First human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say  Reuters Texas A&M entomologist breaks down New World screwworm eradication method  KBTX News 3 FDA’s emergency drug use for NWS needs prescriptions, record-keeping  Brownfield Ag News Texas Farm Bureau Commends Funding, Construction of Domestic Sterile Fly Production Facility  Morning Ag Clips Efforts to keep screwworm at …

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Guatemala denies that Chilean green-card holder was deported from the United States

Guatemala denies that Chilean green-card holder was deported from the United States

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The Guatemalan government on Sunday denied that U.S. authorities deported a Chilean man to the Central American country. The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania, reported Luis Leon, 82, a legal permanent resident of the United States who won asylum in 1987, ended up in Guatemala after being handcuffed in a Philadelphia immigration office, where he went …

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