MPP Aliens Ordered Removed In Absentia Allowed to Come Back to the United States
From ‘Do not come’ to ‘See you soon’ in just 15 days
By Andrew R. Arthur on June 23, 2021
DHS announced today that aliens who had been subject to the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP or “Remain in Mexico”) and who had been ordered removed in absentia or had their cases terminated when they failed to appear for removal hearings would be “processed” to return to the United States. It’s an about-face for the Biden administration, which has been telling migrants not to enter illegally.
By way of background, under MPP (which was implemented under the Trump administration in January 2019), DHS returned certain aliens caught by CBP entering illegally or without proper documentation back to Mexico to await their removal proceedings here. The Mexican government agreed to provide those foreign nationals with protection for the duration of their stays.
Approximately 68,000 migrants were sent back to Mexico under MPP, which the Biden administration ended on February 11 (when there were still 25,000 pending MPP cases). Processing of aliens with pending cases into the United States began on February 19, and although DHS has not issued any updates on the status of those individuals, logically they have all been let in by now.
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