The government of President Joe Biden announced Monday night that it will soon end the
Stay in Mexico immigration program,
so it will stop sending asylum seekers across the southern border to await the resolution of their cases.
The decision came after federal district judge Matthew Kacsmaryk annulled his ruling that forced the resumption of this measure, formally known as Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP, for its acronym in English), was launched by the Administration of the former President Donald Trump in January 2019.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) explained in a statement that it "is committed to ending court-ordered implementation of MPP in a prompt and orderly manner. Individuals are no longer enrolled in MPPs, and People who are currently on MPP in Mexico will be disenrolled when they return for their next court date. People who disenroll from MPP will continue their process in the United States."
The Supreme Court ruled on June 30 that the Biden administration had the authority to end the program, opening the way for DHS to finally end one of the most controversial border measures of the Trump era.
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The DHS indicated that asylum seekers waiting in Mexico to attend their immigration appointments in the United States will be able to cross the border on the day of their hearings and remain in the country while they await the resolution of their cases.
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"As Secretary [Alejandro] Mayorkas has said, MPPs are endemicly flawed, impose unjustifiable human costs, and divert resources and personnel from other priority efforts to secure our border," the DHS statement said.
President Biden put an end to this immigration program when he arrived at the White House in January 2021, but Judge Kacsmaryk ruled in favor of the states governed by Republicans who sued the Administration to force the restart of the MPPs.
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Between December 2021 and early July, about 5,800 asylum seekers were returned to Mexico to await court dates in the United States, according to the latest DHS records.
Most were adults from Nicaragua and Venezuela.
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"The department will provide additional information in the coming days. MPP enrollees should follow the instructions in their court documents and appear on the scheduled court date when required," the document states.
Under the presidency of Donald Trump, almost 70,000 migrants were returned to Mexico after negotiating that strategy with Mexican authorities and implementing it at the end of 2018. US officials then argued that this measure was necessary to prevent migrants from using the asylum system. to avoid detention and deportation.
With information from DHS and
The Washington Post