China News Service, November 19th, according to the US Chinese website, on the 18th local time, a US federal judge ordered the Trump administration to stop expelling illegal immigrant children who crossed the southern border alone on the grounds of causing the spread of the new crown virus .

This means that this policy that led to the rapid deportation of thousands of illegal immigrant children during the epidemic has been suspended.

Data map: On April 6, 2019 local time, in Palm View, Texas, U.S. Border Patrol agents were searching for illegal immigrants.

  According to reports, the U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan issued a preliminary injunction.

The plaintiffs in this case are legal organizations that represent illegal immigrant children who are facing deportation but have no chance to apply for asylum or other federal laws.

  In March 2020, the White House issued an emergency statement banning most illegal border crossings from staying in the United States on the grounds of fighting the new crown epidemic.

Since then, the US government has expelled more than 147,000 illegal immigrants and at least 8,800 unaccompanied illegal immigrant children.

  According to reports, Sullivan’s order is only for children who cross the border illegally without their parents.

The U.S. Department of Justice did not immediately indicate whether it will appeal the case.

  According to previous media reports, the Trump administration has stated in court that children who have recently crossed the border illegally must be deported, regardless of whether they have been authorized, to prevent border personnel and other immigrant detention facilities from contracting the new crown.

The relevant emergency statement was issued by Redfield, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  According to this policy, the Customs and Border Protection Agency will be able to return the Mexican and Central American immigrants they encountered at the southwest border to Mexico within about two hours, and hand over people from other countries to immigration and customs enforcement. People who might have stayed in the United States for months or years to seek asylum are quickly deported.

During the epidemic, law enforcement officials often directly send illegal immigrant children onto airplanes and repatriate them to Central American countries.

  On October 2, the U.S. Department of Justice quoted the judgment of the "national top public health official" and urged Judge Sullivan not to stop the practice of expelling children.

The Associated Press reported on October 3 that senior CDC officials had resisted issuing a statement because it lacked a basis for public health, but Vice President Pence still ordered Redfield to continue.