The Biden administration asks the Supreme Court to end ‘Remain in Mexico.
January 3, 2022
On Wednesday, the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court for permission to end the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” program. The program states that migrants must stay in Mexico until their US immigration court dates. Under the Trump administration, “Remain in Mexico,” formally called the Migrant Protection Protocols, resulted in people living in makeshift camps along Mexico’s northern border, in poor and dangerous conditions. The filing requests that the Supreme Court review the case this term, arguing that the appeals court ruling threatens to disrupt other cases covering government policies on issues like immigration detention.
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