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Another 100 unaccompanied children from El Salvador are in U.S. government custody, said the worker, who requested anonymity to share sensitive details.

At a hastily arranged hearing on Sunday afternoon, Judge Sooknanan, who was nominated by former President Joe Biden, expanded the order to cover all unaccompanied children said to be at risk of deportation.

Deportation of unaccompanied children could then take place "towards the latter half" of the five-year period, he added.

Questions will continues to be asked about how Reform intend to deport unaccompanied children, as well as the dangers of returning people to unsafe countries like Afghanistan where they could potentially face torture or death.

"This is a temporary arrangement with conditions including that individuals with criminal records and unaccompanied minors will not be accepted," Bagiire Vincent Waiswa, permanent secretary to the Ugandan foreign ministry, said in a statement.