Asylum seekers navigate new future in the U.S. after months in Mexico The Biden administration ended a Trump era policy allowing thousands of asylum seekers to enter the country Updated: Tags: MCALLEN, Texas – Some asylum seekers have spent more than a year and a half living in tent cities in Matamoros, Mexico, during the Trump administration. The Trump administration’s Remain in Mexico Policy forced asylum seekers to wait in distressed conditions for months at a time. The Biden administration has ended the policy, allowing thousands of asylum seekers to enter the country and move fo...