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Biden seeks supreme court go-ahead to end Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

Immigration activists at the supreme court on Tuesday urged the justices to end the controversial program.
Immigration activists at the supreme court on Tuesday urged the justices to end the controversial program. Photograph: Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

The Biden administration is seeking the US supreme court’s go-ahead to end a controversial Trump-era immigration program that forces many seeking asylum in the US to wait in Mexico for their hearings.

The justices are hearing arguments on Tuesday in the administration’s appeal of lower-court rulings that required immigration officials to reinstate the “Remain in Mexico” policy that the administration “has twice determined is not in the interests of the United States,” according to court filings.

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