Biden was 'relieved' courts reinstated Trump's Remain in Mexico policy after loosening border restrictions and quickly reversing his predecessor's policies led to a 20-year high in crossings, report claims
The Supreme Court refused to block a lower court ruling that the Biden administration must make a good faith effort at the Trump-era policy last month
Being forced to reinstate the rule would at first look like a defeat for Biden
But administration officials desperate to curb the unprecedented influx of migrants at the southern border are reportedly relieved at the court decision
Officials are also reportedly in talks to make the program more humane
It's been nicknamed 'Remain in Mexico lite' and would entail safer, more sanitary conditions and attorney access for a small number of asylum-seekers
Biden repealed Trump's policy on his first day in office after promising to do so
Immigration advocates are furious the administration is trying to keep the rule
212,672 migrants were encountered at the border in July alone, a 21-year high
By Elizabeth Elkind, Politics Reporter For Dailymail.Com
Published: 17:20 EDT, 6 September 2021 | Updated: 17:21 EDT, 6 September 2021
Biden administration officials are reportedly relieved that the conservative-leaning Supreme Court reinstated former President Trump's Remain in Mexico policy amid an unprecedented two-decade high of migrants coming to the southern US border since President Biden took office.
On his first day in office Biden repealed the controversial Trump immigration rule, which he frequently decried as 'inhumane.'
The policy forced migrants seeking asylum in the United States to wait for their case to be processed in Mexico, which quickly led to overcrowded and squalid conditions on the southern side of the border.
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