Judge Orders Biden Administration to Resume ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy

The stoppage of the policy has contributed to the border crisis, ruling says

A group of illegal immigrants crosses the Rio Grande from Acuña, Mexico, to Del Rio, Texas, on July 25, 2021. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

The Biden administration must reinstate a policy that forces asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico until their immigration case is heard, a federal judge ruled on Aug. 13.

The Department of Homeland Security “failed to consider several critical factors” before reversing the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, found.