DHS Secretary Mayorkas Ends ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program Despite Court Order

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 26, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday ended the “Remain in Mexico” program despite being ordered by a court to move in good faith to restore it.

“I am hereby terminating MPP,” Mayorkas wrote in a memorandum.