Supreme Court lets Biden scrap Trump policy that barred 70,000 asylum seekers from US

Texas failed to stop the end of ‘Remain in Mexico,’ which kept migrants across the border, often in dangerous camps. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday gave the Biden administration the OK to terminate the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” … Read More

‘Remain in Mexico’ is back under Biden, with little resemblance to the Trump version

EL PASO — The immigration courts on the seventh floor of a downtown federal building here were jampacked in the summer of 2019 when the Trump administration ramped up its “Remain in Mexico” program. On an average day, more than … Read More

U.S. begins returning migrants to Mexican border city under rebooted Trump-era policy

MEXICO CITY, Jan 5 (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday began returning migrants to the Mexican city of Tijuana in an restart of a Trump-era program that forces asylum seekers to wait for U.S. court hearings in Mexico, Mexican … Read More

Joe Biden Struggles With Trump-Era Policy As US Returns Mexican Migrants

The United States and Mexico last month agreed to relaunch the controversial scheme known as Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), in keeping with a US federal court order. Mexico City: The United States on Wednesday began returning migrants to the Mexican … Read More

‘Remain in Mexico’ policy could restart in ‘coming weeks,’ DOJ officials tell federal court

Mexico is reportedly close to signing off on accepting migrants back. McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — The controversial Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy — which forced migrants to wait south of the border in Mexico during their immigration proceedings — … Read More

Biden to bring in asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico under Trump program

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government next week will begin to gradually process thousands of asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico under a controversial program put in place by former President Donald Trump, officials said. The moves are part … Read More

As Biden winds down Mexico program, many migrants on U.S. border left in limbo

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has moved swiftly to start dismantling a cornerstone of former President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policy, a program that sent thousands of asylum seekers back to Mexico to await their immigration court … Read More

Biden administration announces sky-high border numbers, looks to blame Trump

Nearly 19,000 unaccompanied children were encountered in March, the highest recorded. Border officials encountered 172,000 migrants at the border in March, a 71% increase from February and the latest indicator of the extent of the crisis at the southern border — … Read More

Biden national security adviser: ‘Our borders are not open’

Honduran boys whose family wants to seek asylum in the U.S., play on the sidewalk in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Thousands of people are waiting to claim asylum and more come each day, falsely believing they will be … Read More

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