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Trump revives ‘remain in Mexico’ policy as part of anti-immigration crackdown

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Migrants at the border in Tijuana. Photograph: Joebeth Terríquez/EPA

The Trump administration has announced the reinstatement of the “remain in Mexico” program, resuming an initiative that forced non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait south of the border while their cases were processed.

The US Department of Homeland Security said in a statement on Tuesday that it would restart the program immediately, years after it was ended by Joe Biden.

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