Biden administration ends Trump-era 'Remain in Mexico' policy

[Judi Lynn]

Source: TRT World (Turkey)

10 MINUTES AGO

Thousands of migrants forced to wait in Mexico under a Trump-era programme will gradually be allowed to enter the US to pursue asylum claims in coming weeks, Department of Homeland Security says.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has ended a Trump-era policy requiring migrants and asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in US immigration court.

The programme will be unwound in a “quick, and orderly manner,” DHS said in a statement on Monday, hours after a judge lifted an order in effect since December that it be reinstated.

Informally known as "remain in Mexico", the policy pushed non-Mexican migrants and asylum-seekers back to Mexico to await resolution of their US cases, which sometimes took months or years.

Read more: https://www.trtworld.com/americas/biden-administration-ends-trump-era-remain-in-mexico-policy-59574

[Rollo]

1. Good!

Good!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. Gregg Abbott's head must be exploding.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. This is a follow-on to the favorable SCOTUS ruling back in June

Supreme Court rules Biden administration can end “remain in Mexico” policy, sending case back to a Texas court

The Trump administration created the Migrant Protection Protocols, also called “remain in Mexico,” in 2019 before the Biden administration canceled it in 2021. The ruling sends the case back to a Texas federal court.

by Uriel J. García June 30, 2022 Updated: 6 PM Central


The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Biden administration has the right to end a Trump-era immigration policy that forces asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico as their cases make their way through U.S. immigration courts.

In a 5-4 ruling, the justices ruled against Texas and Missouri, which had argued that the Biden administration violated the law by rescinding the program, and sent the case back to the district court to determine if terminating the policy violated any administrative laws.

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https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/29/supreme-court-migrant-protection-protocols-remain-mexico-biden/

Of course since it has been remanded back to the lower courts, it remains to be seen what the final disposition will be but I'm sure the loon in TX will be involved.

[70sEraVet]

4. I applaud Biden's continued 'Detrumpification' of the US!!!

[iluvtennis]

5. Excellent news!