Biden Administration Says Trump-Era 'Remain In Mexico' Policy Is Over
The Department of Homeland Security says it has ended a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court.
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The Department of Homeland Security says it has ended a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court.
About 70,000 migrants were subject to the policy, known officially as 'Migrant Protection Protocols,' from when President Donald Trump introduced it in January 2019 until President Joe Biden suspended it on his first day in office in January 2021
First was the killing of a Muslim man from Afghanistan late last year. Then came two more slayings in the last two weeks — men from Pakistan who attended the same mosque in Albuquerque, New Mexico.Those deaths were followed Friday by the city's fourth homicide of a Muslim man in nine months. Together the killings have sent ripples of fear through Islamic communities in New Mexico and beyond and fueled a race to find who was responsible.
The Department of Homeland Security says it has ended a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court.
Biden administration officials announced the end to the so-called "Remain in Mexico" policy late Monday evening.