Court blocks Trump's "Remain in Mexico" policy
A federal appeals court in California on Friday blocked a centerpiece of the Trump administration's immigration agenda, ordering it to stop sending asylum seekers to Mexico, where tens of thousands of Latin America migrants returned by the U.S. have been stranded for months.
Through its ruling, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals prohibited the government from implementing its controversial Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program, known as the "Remain in Mexico" policy. The administration has touted the program as one of the main reasons it has been able to curb a migration surge of Central American families that peaked in the spring and overwhelmed officials and stations across the southern border for months.
Since early 2019, the U.S. has required nearly 60,000 asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for the duration of their immigration court proceedings under this program, which has drawn scathing criticism from advocates. They believe the policy violates both domestic and international refugee law, pointing to the high levels of violence and insecurity in the areas of northern Mexico where the U.S. has been sending migrants placed in the program.
Tens of thousands of migrants have been returned to notoriously violent places in Mexico, like the border cities of Ciudad Juárez and Tijuana, as well as to the state of Tamaulipas, where the State Department warns U.S. travelers not to visit because of widespread crime and the risk of being kidnapped.
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