Formerly Terminated ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Restarts in San Diego

SAN DIEGO—Enforcement of the “Remain in Mexico” program, which keeps asylum seekers in Mexico while they await their immigration court hearings across the border, was expanded Jan. 4 to San Diego.

The policy officially termed “Migrant Protection Protocols” was ended last summer by the new administration, but was reinstated following a federal judge’s order that the program was improperly terminated.

That injunction was upheld by an appeals court, though last week the Biden administration filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court to end the program.

Federal officials again began enforcing the policy in Texas last month, and its re-implementation began Monday in San Diego.