WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that it ended a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court, hours after a judge lifted an order in effect since December that it be reinstated.
The timing had been in doubt since the Supreme Court ruled on June 30 that the Biden administration could end the “Remain in Mexico” policy. Homeland Security officials had been largely silent, saying they had to wait for the court to certify the ruling and for a Trump-appointed judge, Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas, to then lift his injunction. The Supreme Court certified its ruling last week.
The program will be unwound in a “quick, and orderly manner,” Homeland Security said in a statement. No more people are being enrolled and those who appear in court will not be returned to Mexico when they appear in the U.S. for their next hearings.
The policy “has endemic flaws, imposes unjustifiable human costs, and pulls resources and personnel away from other priority efforts to secure our border,” the department said.
Many questions remain, including whether those whose claims have been denied or dismissed will get a second chance or if those whose next court dates are months away will be allowed to return to the U.S. sooner. Homeland Security said it will provide additional information “in the coming days.”
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, fulfilling a campaign promise. Many were allowed to return to the United States to pursue their cases during the early months of Biden’s presidency.
Nearly 5,800 people were subject to the policy from December through June, a modest number. Nicaraguans account for the largest number, with others from Cuba, Colombia and Venezuela.
Trump made the policy a centerpiece of border enforcement, which critics said was inhumane for exposing migrants to extreme violence in Mexico and making access to attorneys far more difficult.
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Gee, Joe—you really think we hadn’t noticed??
TO the left, EVERYTHING GOOD for our nation trump did, has to be WROTE out of existence..
That’s how communist take over a country. Fully remove all knowledge of the past. This is why people have to be able to face the fact that this country is headed for a shooting civil war and there won’t be any moderates or fence sitters. It’s one side or the other, no in between.
Yup. You are either a patriot, OR AN Enemy.. No middle ground.
Now they can remain in Washington D.C. and New York after we Texans run the illegals out out., and increase the proportion of law abiding citizens in our State. ALso plan to load up the state where the Democrats have their next presidential convention. No doubt in a state where the proportion of law breakers outnumber those who follow the law.
BIG thing is, we may be able to SEND the illegls there, BUT IS THERE ANYWAY WE CAN MAKE THEM STAY there? Hell no.
It’s possible Texas may have to provide the next capitol of this country when it splits and the civil war begins.
Where though. Houston is getting as libtard ridden as Austin already is. Same with Dallas…
washington d.c. must be HELL because satan and his demons own it.
If you’re a taxpayer in New York, or anywhere in the U.S., you’re getting scammed by groups like United Way, Catholic Charities and the Central American Refugee Center. You may think they’re charities. Truth is, these groups are hauling in millions in taxpayer dollars — your money — under government contracts to facilitate illegal immigration.
It’s money laundering. Democratic politicians want to maximize illegal immigration, but they don’t want their fingerprints on it. The remedy: pay so-called charities that will do the work for them. Who’s in on this scam? President Joe Biden, and politicians across the country including New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser and New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Even before crossing the border, migrants still in Mexico are being handed payment cards loaded with $400 a month to enable them to pay for necessities. The cards are distributed by the nonprofit International Organization for Migration, thanks to money provided by the State Department.
After crossing and surrendering to U.S. Border Patrol agents, many migrants are directed to Catholic Charities, which provides them with hotel rooms, meals and clothing, and sometimes pays for their bus or plane tickets to their chosen destinations. Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, explains that the mission is merely to “give a cup of water in Jesus’ name.”
Who can argue with that? Except that the money isn’t coming from the Sunday collection basket. Sister Pimentel admits her organization is reimbursed by the federal government. It’s coming from taxpayers, who have no clue they’re supporting illegal immigration.
They are crossing in groups of hundreds now, soon it will be groups of thousands.
ALL because they know Biden and co, WON’T do a damn thing to stop them. AND IN FACT with Federal money being sent to all those so-called “NGO charities”, to AID AND ABET THEM COMING IN, are in fact, SHOWING THEIR UTTER treason to this nation, by HELPING this invasion.
If an administration wanted to destroy the country, could someone please tell me what the Biden administration would do differently.
Absolutely nothing….
I recommend that the head of Homeland Security be retired, sent to the Atlanta aquarium in Georgia, and put on display in the Beluga whale tank. It would be a very novel addition to the whale tank and is sure to attract record-breaking attendance.
If i had the power, i’d launch them ALL into deep space.. ONE WAY!
Open request to Governor Abbott: Please contact the governors of the other states and make the next 20 busloads from each state take these illegal invaders to none other than Cranston, PA so biden can personally welcome them with open arms.
Monkeyface Mayorkas should Remain in Mexico. Permanently. Before he can do any more damage.