The Trump administration has been coordinating with the Guatemalan government to send hundreds of minors who crossed the southern border without an adult back to their home country, according to two people familiar with the administration’s efforts and Guatemala’s minister of foreign affairs.

The children are currently in shelters awaiting release into the United States, and their repatriation without an opportunity to make a case to remain in the country would be a first, according to legal experts.

“Summarily deporting children without due process will in many cases put them in harm’s way,” said Michelle Brané, executive director of Together and Free, an advocacy organization that focuses on migrant children and families.

The Trafficking Victims Protection Act specifically bars expedi

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