President Biden to follow Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy soon

Washington, Nov 24 (UNI/Sputnik) The Biden administration is expected to reinstate the Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) policy, also known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy, as soon as next week, Axios reported, citing US officials.
The MPP policy, which requires asylum-seeking migrants to wait in Mexico during their immigration court proceedings, will first be reinstated in the Texas border cities of El Paso and Brownsville and the California border city of San Diego, the report said on Wednesday.
In August, a US District Court in Texas ordered the Biden administration to restart MPP followed by the Biden administration’s failed attempt to fight this order in the US Supreme Court, which ruled against the bid to end the policy.
The report said migrant adults who are enrolled in the MPP program will be offered a vaccine for the novel coronavirus disease.
Moreover, the report said vulnerable migrants are expected to be exempt from the MPP policy. Biden administration officials are also trying to address safety concerns for migrants who may have to wait in Mexico under the policy.