Department of Homeland Security suspended the Migrant Protection Protocol that had been in effect since 2019; under the Biden administration alone, the program prevented 200,000 people from entering the country illegally.
You United States closed on Monday night, the 8th, the Migrant Protection Protocol (PPM), a policy that obliges asylum seekers to wait in the Mexico while their requests are resolved in court. The announcement came after a judge suspended a court order preventing the government from Joe Biden to eliminate the so-called “Stay in Mexico” policy. The policy will be eliminated “in a swift and orderly manner,” the department said in a statement. No one else will be included and those who cross the border to attend court hearings will not be returned to Mexico, he said, adding that the PPM “has endemic flaws, imposes unjustified human costs, and takes resources and personnel away from other priority tasks to protect our borders.” . The program, considered cruel and dangerous, as it leaves people in a vulnerable situation in unsafe conditions in border cities, was adopted in 2019 by the former president Donald Trump. Since then, at least 70,000 asylum seekers have been sent to Mexico until they have to appear before a U.S. court for their immigration hearing, according to the American Immigration Council, a nonprofit founded in 1987 that defends immigrants. During Biden’s tenure, authorities barred the entry of more than 200,000 people who tried to enter illegally and were returned, either by the PPM or other border regulation adopted due to the coronavirus pandemic. Shortly after coming to power, Biden tried to dismiss the measure as part of what he called a more humane approach to migration. But several Republican-run states, led by Texas, have sued the federal government, and a court in the capital has ordered the policy to be reinstated.
*With information from AFP
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