India, Sept. 14 -- A US federal judge extended on Saturday the measures preventing the DonaldTrump administration from deporting Guatemalan migrant children in government custody.

Judge Timothy J. Kelly's decision impacts Guatemalan children who came to the United States without parents or family and are currently living in government shelters and foster care.

The judge said he needed a brief extension to continue studying the issue because the facts of the case kept changing until the September 10 hearing. His decision comes after the government, during that hearing, backtracked on previous claims that the children's parents requested them back.

A federal judge in Washington granted advocates a 14-day temporary restraining order, esse...