DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

WASHINGTON — A federal judge is temporarily keeping in place measures preventing the Trump administration from deporting Guatemalan migrant children in government custody.

Judge Timothy J. Kelly's decision Saturday keeps the government from removing Guatemalan children who came to the U.S. alone and are living in government shelters and foster care through Tuesday.

Kelly's order said he needed a brief extension to continue to study the issue because up until a hearing last Wednesday the facts of the case were still changing. His decision comes after the government during that hearing backtracked on previous claims that the children's parents requested them back.

In a late night operation on Aug. 30, the Trump administration notified shelters where migrant children

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