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Immigration Weekly Round-Up: Remain in Mexico Program Continues Despite Legal Appeals; New Jersey Supporting Refugees from Afghanistan
Friday, January 7, 2022

Despite calls from the Biden administration to end the Migrant Protection Protocols program, more commonly known as the “MPP” or the “Remain in Mexico” program, the policy has continued to be used. It has now expanded from parts of Texas into the border areas near San Diego, California. The program keeps asylum seekers at the southern border waiting in Mexico while their cases make their way through the immigration court system, rather than permitting those individuals to reside in the U.S. while a decision is made. 

In the beginning of this year, the Biden administration made efforts to end the program, which was formed and instituted by former president Trump. However, lawsuits were filed by both Texas and Missouri to force the continuation of MPP, and a federal judge directed the program to be reinstated. The Biden Administration is actively appealing these decisions, but must continue the program until those appeals have been adjudicated.

Since the policy was reimplemented last month, over 200 immigrants have been returned to Mexico. Biden administration officials indicated that despite the program’s continuance, attempts were underway to make the program more humanitarian for noncitizens awaiting their cases to proceed. Some of these humanitarian attempts included providing better access to legal counsel, both while in Mexico and while in the U.S., to prepare for court hearings, as well as transportation directly to shelters in Mexico. The Mexican government has also committed to providing better security at shelters housing undocumented individuals. Finally, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) has recently brought more than 30 asylum seekers back into the United States for their immigration court hearings, the first to have hearings since the program’s reinstatement.

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/immigration-weekly-round-remain-mexico-program-continues-despite-legal-appeals-new
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