The Guatemalan government claimed responsibility for proposing that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem return unaccompanied Guatemalan minors to Guatemala after planes carrying the children were prevented from leaving the U.S. by a federal judge's temporary halt. The government said it sought to avoid shelter or detention placements and supports coordinated reunification with families, plans to assess each child's needs, and intends to include them in domestic social programs. The government asserted that actions respected human rights and due process. NPR asked how many children were requested for return and whether parents requested returns; the government did not immediately answer. The statement contained an apparent factual error about the timing of Noem's visit.
After planes with Guatemalan children were loaded in the U.S., then prevented from taking off by a federal judge's decision to temporarily halt the children's removal, the Guatemalan government said on Aug. 31 that it was responsible for recently proposing to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that the unaccompanied Guatemalan minors be returned to their home country. In a statement published to the social media platform X on the
the same day as the judge's decision, the Guatemalan government indicated it wanted to prevent the children from staying in shelters and detention centers and that it supports coordinated action to reunify Guatemalan children with their families. The Guatemalan government has plans to identify the needs of each of the Guatemalan children and intends to include them in social programs in their home country, the government stated.
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