is we believe they had to do it on the basis, it was in the public interest to do so. pointing out that it was on health and good order grounds as well. now, it did take him a little while to come to this decision. we know that there were more documents provided by djokovic s team on wednesday. so trying to make the case that he should stay. so clearly they had a lot to look at and they would have wanted to make this as watertight as possible, having lost in court on monday when a judge reinstated djokovic s visa. so now, of course, the question is what happens next? i have spoken to a number of immigration lawyers about this to understand the situation here. the cancellation notice, they say, would have been issued to djokovic at this point. and usually there is a mandatory detention once your visa is canceled. now, we don t know if that will happen in this case. we have no indication of djokovic s whereabouts at this point and we haven t yet heard from his lawyers. but then the lawye
the section that the minister may all can use the right to use and cancel djokovic s visa afresh, i think there is a good chance the minister will ring you consider cancelling the visa under the extraordinary powers minister has. what is extraordinary is how unremarkable it is. we have seen these kinds of measures quite regularly as immigration lawyers, people have their visas cancelled every day at the airport on possibly much less spurious grounds and with much less time given to actually respond to these kinds of matters, and it s not unusualfor of matters, and it s not unusual for the minister to sweep in an exercise his or her powers to cancel if he or she does not like a decision of the tribunal or court. it is unremarkable from an immigration lawyer s point of view but quite extraordinary because we are dealing with the world s number one tennis player here. it world s number one tennis player here- player here. it is extraordinary i player here. it is l extraordinary from play
those internal discussions, in terms of the procedure is followed by the australian authorities, come to light. returning them to the powers of the immigration minister and his power to deny novak djokovic a visa anyway and despite this ruling. do you think that is the root ultimately that the minister will go down, given the. the political and diplomatic row around this as well? i do. and what is remarkable about this case is it is quite unremarkable. as immigration lawyers, we see these kinds of situations quite frequently. we see clients be cancelled with 20 minutes to give a response at the airport on an almost daily basis. it is not unusual, it sjust now an almost daily basis. it is not unusual, it s just now that this procedure has come to light because most people simply go home and are not about to play a grand slam tournament and don t have the resources to take these matters to court. the fact this court has scrutinised what has happened at the
morning melbourne time plead his case. why don t you brings up to date on what to expect and how this will unfold. reporter: at this point, novak djokovic is back in detention, he s back in the park hotel, where he was a week ago, certainly not where he wants to be two days before a grand slam event but his lawyers, immigration lawyers, will be extremely busy at the moment. they have two more hours to file admissions to the court. 9:30 sunday morning here in melbourne, the proceedings will begin. it will be a full court, meaning three judges while the one that was decided in the preliminary hearing this saturday, today. and they will be hearing arguments from both sides. now, we did see more court filings today. there were a number that were made public in the public interest. and it shows really what the argument the immigration minister is making. his argument is that djokovic staying in the country to incite
ukrainian refugees, but immigration lawyers say many are choosing to cross illegally in hopes of getting to the u.s. faster. there s not an option for seeking immediate safety here in the united states at a time where we have seen so many other countries step up. reporter: they now wait to have their asylum claim heard by a judge. i.c.e. says it makes detention decisions case by case, regardless of nationality, and according to internal i.c.e. data, over 120 ukrainians were in custody as of last week but it s likely to grow lester julia ainsley, thank you. there are new signs tonight that the federal criminal investigation into president biden s son hunter is broader than we first knew and republicans in congress are turning up the pressure. let s get more now from pete williams reporter: people familiar with the federal investigation of hunter biden which he himself disclosed a year and a half ago say it is broader than he had first described it with a growing number of witn