Supreme Court requires Biden to revive Trump’s ‘remain in Mexico’ immigration policy

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied President Joe Biden’s motion to repeal an immigration policy implemented by his predecessor Donald Trump that forced thousands of asylum seekers to stay in Mexico and attend U.S. hearings waiting.

The court, along with three dissenting Liberal judges, dismissed the Biden administration’s efforts to block a ruling by a Texas-based judge calling on the government to revive Trump’s “stay in Mexico” policy, officially known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP ) is known. Continue reading

The Conservative 6-3 majority in the Supreme Court includes three Trump-appointed judges.

Due to the short-term order of the judges, the judgment of the US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk now comes into force.

The court’s ruling was based on its 2020 ruling that foiled Trump’s attempt to end a program introduced by Democratic former President Barack Obama that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants – often referred to as “dreamers” – from deportation known as Children entered the United States illegally.

In both cases, the issue is whether the government followed the correct legal process in overriding a previous government’s policy.

Biden, who has tried to reverse many of Trump’s tough immigration policies since taking office in January, has withdrawn the MPP program. Republican-led Texas and Missouri have called for the Democratic President to take action.

Biden’s administration turned to the Supreme Court after Kacsmaryk ruled that Trump policies needed to be reintroduced and the 5th U.S. Appeals Court in New Orleans on August 19 denied the government’s request for a delay.

The 5th district decision stated that the Biden government must implement the MPP program in “good faith,” which gives the government some discretion as to how to proceed.

Democrats and immigration advocates criticized MPP, saying the policy had exposed migrants, particularly those from Central America, to dangerous conditions in Mexican border towns.

Trump’s administration spearheaded a “security and humanitarian crisis” along the US-Mexico border when it refused to allow asylum seekers to enter the US before immigration judge hearings for fear of persecution in their home countries.

In response to the Supreme Court order, Omar Jadwat, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union who questioned Trump policies during the previous administration, said the Biden administration must “take all steps available to address this Completely terminate the illegal program, including terminating it again with a more detailed explanation. “

The arrests of migrants caught crossing the U.S. southern border have hit a 20-year high in recent months, a development Republicans attribute to Biden’s reversal of the MPP and other Trump immigration policies.

Biden’s administration has issued a separate Trump-era order that allows U.S. border authorities to quickly evict migrants trapped at the border without allowing them to enter the border due to the COVID-19 public health crisis USA to apply for asylum.

Reporting by Lawrence Hurley and Ted Hesson; Editing by Sandra Maler and Peter Cooney

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