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On Wednesday, Donald Trump’s Department of Justice made a startling admission in court: It had put forth false information in its effort to secretly deport hundreds of young immigrants to Guatemala in the dead of night. DOJ lawyers had previously told a judge that the children’s parents were all clamoring for them to be sent back to Guatemala. In truth, however, not a single parent requested their child’s return , and many were not prepared to take them in if they suddenly arrived on their doorstep. This is not the first time lawyers at the Justice Department have been caught lying to the judiciary, and it won’t be the last.

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