Fmr Prosecutor to Newsmax: Judge’s Order on Migrant Children Raises Questions

The move by a federal judge Sunday to temporarily block the return of unaccompanied Guatemalan children back to their home country looks wise only on its face, former federal prosecutor Doug Burns told Newsmax on Monday.

“The plaintiffs say, ‘you’re deporting children without giving them their due process rights and a hearing’ and all of that, which facially sounds OK,” Burns said on “American Agenda.”

“It just happens to sort of track into a lot of narratives that we’re familiar with. The government says: ‘Wait a minute. Are you kidding me? This is a reunification effort. Where we are going to reunify these children with their parents, who, by the way, are requesting that they be reunited.’

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