DHS to Scrap Trump-Era ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program Despite Orders for Reinstatement

Border Patrol picks up illegal immigrants who crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico into Del Rio, Texas, on July 20, 2021. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

The Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Sept. 29 that it intends to issue a new memo scrapping the “Remain in Mexico” immigration program implemented by former President Donald Trump despite a Supreme Court ruling that the program was to be reinstated.

Also known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), the “Remain in Mexico” program centers around making some immigrants who seek asylum wait in Mexico while their claims are heard in the United States.