Since March, at least 660 children have been detained, most without parents
The U.S. government has detained children at several major hotel chains – more than previously known – during the coronavirus pandemic instead of transferring them to government-funded shelters, according to new data released Friday.
But other Hilton hotels have also been used to detain children since March, the data shows. So have properties at Marriott International Inc. and Choice Hotels International Inc., which was previously unknown. The Courtyard by Marriott hotel near the El Paso airport was used to detain 55 children. According to the data, many of the children were held there in July, though it’s unclear whether those bookings increased after the Hampton Inn near the same airport vowed to reject child detention.
A Comfort Suites hotel in Alexandria was used 12 times. Choice Hotels, which owns the Comfort Suites brand, said it also opposed its rooms being used for detention and was investigating.
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