Judge Blocks Expediting Migrant Children’s Asylum Cases, For Now NYT > Top Stories By: Madeleine Ngo 31 October 2026 at 03:50 Lawyers for the children praised the pause on fast-tracked interviews of unaccompanied minors, calling it a blow against the Trump administration’s “deportation assembly line.” © Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesAn unaccompanied five-year-old migrant surrendered to Border Patrol officers last year.