Remain in Mexico

Migrants leave Huixtla, Chiapas state, Mexico, on Oct. 27 as they continue their trek north toward Mexico's northern states and the U.S. border.

U.S. will resume 'Remain in Mexico' policy for asylum-seekers

12:18pm December 02, 2021

by The Associated Press

Migrants seeking to enter the United States will again have to stay in Mexico as they await immigration hearings, as the Biden administration reluctantly announced plans to comply with a court order.

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'Remain In Mexico' Policy's End Brings Renewed Hope To Asylum Seekers

8:01am February 14, 2021

by Carrie Kahn

Central American migrants are thankful for the Biden administration's plans to go back to admitting them to the U.S. as their asylum claims are processed. But many still worry about future obstacles.

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Migrants are greeted by Taylor Levy (center), a local immigration attorney, at the Paso del Norte International Bridge in April 2020 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. People seeking asylum were enrolled in the Migrant Protection Protocols program, better known as

Biden Suspends Deportations, Stops 'Remain In Mexico' Policy

3:07pm January 21, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Under the new administration, the Department of Homeland Security looks set to roll back several Trump-era immigration policies and to establish a path to citizenship for immigrants.

Clothing hangs to dry at a makeshift migrant camp for asylum seekers in Matamoros, Tamaulipas state, Mexico, on earlier this month. About 60,000 migrants live in filthy and dangerous conditions as they await their day in U.S. immigration court.

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U.S. Supreme Court Allows 'Remain In Mexico' Program To Continue

6:47pm March 11, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

The high court will allow the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy to stand across the entire southern border. The decision marks another immigration victory for the White House.

Honduran migrants wait in line to plead their asylum cases earlier this month at a border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico.

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Court Blocks Trump's 'Remain In Mexico' Policy Along Part Of The Border

1:43pm March 05, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

The 9th Circuit said the policy, which forces asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico, may violate the law. But judges were prepared to block the policy in two states only, starting next week.

Migrants, pictured in September 2019, apply for asylum in the United States in a tent courtroom in Laredo, Texas. On Jan. 2, the U.S. government began sending asylum-seekers back to Nogales, Mexico, to await court hearings that will be scheduled roughly 3

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Federal Court Suspends Injunction On Trump's 'Remain In Mexico' Program

11:43pm February 28, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals first ruled to uphold a lower-court's injunction on the controversial policy, but later the same day voted to suspend its own order to allow more time for arguments.

Tania and her husband, Joseph, initially had to stay just across the border in Mexico under a Trump administration program that requires thousands of people to wait in northern Mexico cities while their immigration cases are heard in U.S. courts.

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Border Protection Disputes Account Of 3-Year-Old Asked To Choose Between Parents

7:41pm July 18, 2019

by Robert Moore

Customs and Border Protection officials are denying an NPR report that a Border Patrol agent asked the girl to choose which of her parents would be sent back to Mexico.

Tania and Joseph's 3-year-old daughter, Sofia, plays with a car in the shade at a shelter in Juárez, Mexico, last week. Sofia has a serious heart condition and had a heart attack.

3-Year-Old Asked To Pick Parent In Attempted Family Separation, Her Parents Say

2:56pm July 15, 2019

by Robert Moore

A Honduran couple says a Border Patrol agent told them one parent could stay in the U.S. with their three kids. The agent turned to their youngest and asked her which parent she wanted to be with.

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Mexican National Guard members prevent Central American migrants from trying to cross the Rio Grande from Juárez, Mexico, on June 21.

How Mexico Beefs Up Immigration Enforcement To Meet Trump's Terms

3:45pm July 13, 2019

by James Fredrick

Threatened with U.S. tariffs, Mexico agreed to step up migrant control, deploying a new security force, and catching and deporting more migrants. Here's how it's going.

Attorney Linda Rivas (right) with the nonprofit Las Americas of El Paso meets with a transgender migrant woman sent back to Mexico as part of the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy.

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Trump Administration's 'Remain In Mexico' Program Tangles Legal Process

7:06pm May 09, 2019

by Monica Ortiz Uribe

Immigrant advocates say the policy, known as Migrant Protection Protocols, is not protecting migrants. It is difficult for lawyers to reach clients and puts migrants in danger.

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