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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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M.G.U., et al.,
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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KIRSTJEN NIELSEN, et al.,
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Defendants.
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Civil Action No. 18-1458 (PLF)

ORDER
This matter is before the Court on plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction
[Dkt. No. 13], requiring the United States government to immediately reunify plaintiff E.F. with
her nine-year-old son, from whom Ms. E.F. was forcibly separated shortly after crossing the
United States-Mexico border over two months ago. Upon careful consideration of the parties’
filings, the relevant legal authorities, the arguments of counsel on July 12, 2018, and the entire
record in this case, it is hereby
ORDERED that plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction [Dkt. No. 13] is
GRANTED; it is
FURTHER ORDERED that defendants must reunify Ms. E.F. with her son,
B.Y.A.F., on or before midnight on Friday, July 20, 2018; and it is
FURTHER ORDERED that defendants and their officers, agents, servants,
employees, attorneys, and all those who are in active concert or participation with them, are

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prohibited from removing from the United States plaintiffs E.F., M.G.U., or A.P.F. until further
order of this Court.
An Opinion explaining the reasoning underlying this Order will follow.
SO ORDERED.

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PAUL L. FRIEDMAN
United States District Judge
DATE: July 18, 2018

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