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Federal appeals court affirms ban on holding migrant children in hotels

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Sunday upheld the ban on detaining migrant children in hotel rooms before expelling them under rules adopted during COVID-19.

Since March, border agents have placed 577 unaccompanied children in hotel rooms before deporting the children. The children were denied a chance for asylum or other protections.

The Trump administration filed a motion for a stay against the district court’s order banning the detention of migrant children in hotel rooms. The administration argued that leaving migrant children in ICE facilities puts the children, other immigrants and agents at risk of COVID-19 exposure.

“The government [has not] offered testimony from any public health official explaining why holding minors in hotels, which are open to the public, presents less risk of COVID-19 exposure and spread, both to the minors and to the public, than holding them in licensed facilities,” the court explained in its order.

The court upheld the ban while an appeal is pending.

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