Texas judge blocks Biden from ending 'Remain in Mexico' border policy
The Trump-era policy forces asylum seekers to wait in Mexico until they receive a court date.
Dec. 16, 2022
Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 2:29 p.m.
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A Texas federal judge ruled that a controversial Trump-era border policy that keeps asylum seeking migrants waiting in Mexico while their applications are processed will remain in place, according to the Washington Post.
The Migrant Protection Protocols, otherwise known as the "Remain in Mexico" policy, requires migrants requesting legal asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border to wait in Mexico until they receive an appointment in a U.S. immigration court. Before Remain in Mexico was implemented in 2018, asylum seekers were usually permitted to live and work in the U.S. while waiting for their court date. Backlogs in U.S. immigration courts can cause the waiting period to last years.
Under President Donald Trump, the Department of Homeland Security sent nearly 70,000 people back to Mexico after the policy was implemented in late 2018, according to the Washington Post. President Joe Biden vowed to end the policy during his campaign and said that the initiative is "dangerous, inhumane…" and "goes against everything we stand for as a nation of immigrants" in a March 2020 tweet.
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/texas-remain-in-mexico-17658877.php
