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The decision is a setback for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who filed suit against the Biden administration when the White House tried to rescind the policy.
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In a memorandum, Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas announced the termination of a Trump-era immigration program, the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) — also known as “Remain in Mexico.”
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The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a ruling to reinstate the controversial Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) that required asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for their day in court.
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About 20,000 would-be asylum-seekers can now wait out the asylum process in the U.S., which Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argues puts undue financial burden on Texas. KERA's Mallory Falk talks with Texas Standard.
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The policy required asylum seekers who passed through Mexico on their way to the U.S. to stay in Mexico while their claims were processed. Many were forced to live in sometimes dangerous and unsanitary migrant camps.
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The federal government is transferring migrant families to El Paso, Laredo and Del Rio to help ease overcrowding at South Texas facilities during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Cesar and Carolina have been stuck in Ciudad Juárez since the summer of 2019. As the Biden administration begins to unwind the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” program, they finally feel a glimmer of hope.
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President Biden has called his predecessor's "Remain in Mexico" program for asylum-seekers "inhumane." Next week, a new program begins, but details are still being worked out.
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President Biden suspended "Remain in Mexico" on Inauguration Day. But what will happen to the thousands of asylum seekers already in the program, waiting in Mexican border cities for their day in U.S. immigration court?
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Thousands of asylum seekers are stuck in shelters and camps in Mexico, waiting for their day in U.S. immigration court. They’re holding out hope that a new year, and a new administration, will bring an end to their ordeal.
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COVID-19 dominated the news cycle in 2020, but that's not the only thing that happened. See some of the stories that reflect this unprecedented year, as chosen by our reporters.
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Many asylum seekers stuck in Mexico under the Migrant Protection Protocols are closely following the November election, hoping a new administration will end the policy.