New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- A federal judge has issued an emergency order halting an apparent plan by the Trump administration to deport more than 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children, Politico reported.

US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, as per the news report, granted the temporary injunction just after 4 a.m. on Sunday (August 31), ruling that the "exigent circumstances" outlined in a lawsuit filed by immigrant advocates required immediate intervention "to maintain the status quo until a hearing can be set."

A virtual hearing is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday, as per the news outlet.

According to the suit, attorneys from the National Immigration Law Center argued that US immigration laws specifically exempt unaccompanied children from exp...