The Biden administration is considering implementing a watered-down version of the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy after the Supreme Court denied attempts to end the policy.
Biden’s new proposal would require a small number of asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for their cases to be processed but would give them improved living conditions and access to attorneys, Politico reported.
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The Supreme Court announced last month it would be reinstating Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy. Due to its request being rejected, the Biden administration is in talks with Mexico about how to reach a middle ground between keeping the president’s promise and keeping the policy alive.
“One of his campaign promises was to end [the Migrant Protection Protocols],” Marielena Hincapie, executive director of National Immigration Law Center, told Politico. “He did that. He should stand by that. The answer is not to simply find a gentler, kinder MPP 2.0. That completely flies in the face of his promise.”
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Last week, the Supreme Court reinstated the Trump policy after refusing a Biden administration request to block a lower court ruling requiring the restrictions be put back in place.
The Biden administration said last month that it was looking for a way to speed up the reviewing rate for asylum cases. The news came after the United States southern border reached a 21-year high of at least 1.3 million encounters, according to Customs and Board Protection.
