the menu rotates on a normal basis. carley: the special treatment has many on social media crying foul, wondering why wasn t this done for homeless americans and vets of this wonderful country? another demanding quote, open up gracie mansion for the spirit of this country. i m sure there s some room for some migrants. keep in mind, this is a migrant shelter that aoc the immigration advocate, did not want in her district so it had to be moved. the cost of moving the immigration facility, the hundred $25,000 to demobilize it and another 325,002 set the facility up on randall s island and it could be more expensive determining on how many migrants enter the facility and given that there is xbox and popcorn machines and the bells and whistles, you can expect a lot of people to want to be there. todd: the homeless
the best tennis player in the world is back in detention, spotted driving to the notorious immigration facility in melbourne, novak djokovic s visa was canceled. in newly released court documents, australian immigration officials worry his presence could foster anti-vaccination sentiment at a time covid cases are surging there. today, his legal team appealed the decision calling it patently irrational. the final decision will come sunday just one day before the australian open begins and potentially dashing his hopes of winning a record-setting 21st major. but fellow tennis stars who are playing by the rules are eager to focus on the matches. australian open is much more important than any player, so if he s playing, finally, okay. if he s not playing, the australian open will be a great australian open with or without him. that s my point of view. reporter: australians who
for years. let s get to cnn s paula hancocks live in melbourne, australia. this situation is casting a light not only on the world of tennis but australia s immigration policy. reporter: it certainly is, boris and christi. this has been playing out across the world and we re coming to a head at this point as we will find out, potentially, by the end of monday whether or not novak djokovic will be allowed to stay in australia and play in the australian open. otherwise, if it doesn t go his way in that court case on monday in that hearing, then he will be deported from australia. the other option, this could be prolonged within the courts and then, of course, it s up to whether he has permission to play in the australian open while the legal protceedings ar ongoing. i m outside where he s being held in the immigration facility, it s a festive atmosphere, the pro-djokovic
djokovic and identified his well-being. he has reportedly been confined to an immigration facility after being denied to play in the australian championship for allegedly not meeting the country s vaccine requirements. the world s number one men s single player is a national native. hundreds of fans turned out in bell grade to protest the situation. a court hearing has been set nor monday. australian officials say djokovic has not been detained and can leave the country at any time. djokovic s family is furious he was denied entry into australia accusing melbourne of treating him like a prisoner. here s what his mother said at a news conference on thursday. have a listen. as a mother, what can i say? you re a mother. just imagine how can i feel? i feel terrible since yesterday, last 24 hours.
melbourne, it s in the early morning hours here, later this morning, 9:30 in the morning, we will hear the beginning of the detailed arguments in this case. of the full hearing will begin. it will be in front of three judges, rather than one. that was decided today. and we know tonight, right now, novak djokovic is in detention. he s in the immigration facility he was in this time last week. so, we have heard a little more from court filings, they ve been quite open in public with these court filings knowing it s in the public interest, about what the immigration minister was thinking when he cancelled this visa once again. his arguing, alex hawk, is that having djokovic in the country might incite anti-vaccination sentiments and it might also cause civil unrest. there s an argument he s making also, the fact that djokovic did go out when he knew he was covid-19 positive. could others try to emulate that kind of behavior.