Judge blocks fast-tracking of migrant children’s asylum cases

A judge blocked the fast-tracking of asylum cases involving unaccompanied migrant children.

The order pauses interviews being expedited for the children.

The cases concern children seeking asylum, a form of protection for people who fear returning to their home countries.

The pause is a setback for the Trump administration’s effort to speed up the process.

Lawyers for the children welcomed the decision, describing the fast-tracking as a “deportation assembly line.”

The block is in place for now, and no further steps are specified.