US now using several hotel chains to detain migrant children

HOUSTON (AP) — New data shows the U.S. government has detained children at several major hotel chains during the coronavirus pandemic instead of transferring them to government-funded shelters. The figures released Friday show that since March, the Trump administration has used hotels to hold at least 660 children, most unaccompanied by a parent, before expelling them to their countries of origin. The administration says it cannot allow children to stay in the U.S. due to the coronavirus p