Biden spending $24M on tent courts to hear asylum claims at border

Published October 19, 2021 9:18pm ET



The Biden administration has forked up $14 million and plans to spend an additional $24 million per month to set up tents at the U.S.-Mexico border in which to hear asylum cases, part of a court-ordered reinstatement of President Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection will spend millions to rebuild outdoor courtroom facilities in two Texas border cities, according to court documents, to restart the Remain in Mexico policy, formally known as the Migrant Protection Protocols program, a Trump initiative that President Joe Biden rolled back shortly after taking office. CBP Chief Operating Officer Blas Nunez-Neto told the court that the administration will comply with a Supreme Court order to reinstate the policy by mid-November. The courts will go up in Brownsville and Laredo. Asylum officers and immigration judges nationwide will virtually decide the claims.

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