U.S. appeals court allows U.S. deportations of unaccompanied children
Washington, February 1 (RHC)-- In the United States, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., is allowing the government to continue deporting unaccompanied children without a court hearing or asylum interview.
The court has overturned a previous ruling that had blocked a Trump-era policy which stripped asylum seekers of due process, citing public health concerns around the pandemic. Some 13,000 unaccompanied children were deported between March and November of 2020 before the practice was halted.
All three judges on the court’s panel who reinstated the policy were appointed by Donald Trump.
