A federal judge on Thursday barred the Trump administration from deporting hundreds of Guatemalan children living in the country without their parents in a decisive ruling against immigration officials.

In a 43-page memorandum opinion , U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly, appointed by President Donald Trump during his first term, unequivocally rejected the arguments leveled by government lawyers as not only unpersuasive but also likely premised on lies.

The court's ruling begins with an uncharitable description of the since-frustrated plan to quickly deport the children in question.

"Just before midnight on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, several Executive Branch agencies began to implement a plan to expel from the United States certain unaccompanied alien children in the custody o

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