Appeals Court Upholds Ban on Holding Unaccompanied Minors in Hotel Detention

Appeals Court Upholds Ban on Holding Unaccompanied Minors in Hotel Detention
Illegal immigrants just released from detention through "catch and release" immigration policy stand at a bus station before being taken to the Catholic Charities relief center in McAllen, Texas, on April 11, 2018. Loren Elliott/Reuters
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A federal appeals court denied a Trump administration request to hold a lower court’s ruling that ordered it to end its practice of detaining unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in hotels while arrangements are made to expel them from the country.

The practice was implemented as part of an immigration policy designed to curb the spread of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order in March closing the U.S. border with Mexico and Canada.