On Monday night, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it ended the Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for immigration hearings, continuing a legal battle with Texas.
“Texas wants to keep fighting to keep ‘Remain in Mexico’ in place,” said Esther Sung, legal director with the Justice Action Center. “There is very much a possibility that the policy could be reinstated by the district court.”
The policy — officially known as the “Migrant Protection Protocols” — was introduced by former President Donald Trump in January 2019, keeping some 70,000 asylum seekers in Mexico to wait for rulings on their claims. President Joe Biden slowly suspended the policy when he took office in January 2021, officially terminating the practice by June.
