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August 9, 2022

Biden Administration to End Trump-Era "Remain in Mexico" Policy After Court Order
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In immigration news, the Biden administration said Monday it's
officially ending the contested Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy and
will no longer force asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases
are resolved in U.S. courts. The announcement came just hours after a
judge lifted an injunction, in effect since December, blocking Biden
officials from terminating the program, formally known as the Migrant
Protection Protocols, or MPP. The Supreme Court ruled in June the Biden
administration had the authority to end the policy. Thousands of asylum
seekers enrolled in the program have faced kidnapping, torture, rape and
other dangerous conditions while waiting in Mexico.


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