Supreme Court Allows Biden Administration to End Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Asylum Policy

Supreme Court Allows Biden Administration to End Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Asylum Policy
The Supreme Court building on June 21, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court gave the Biden administration the green light on June 30 to end the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy that requires non-Mexican asylum-seekers arriving at the southern border to wait in Mexico for processing.

President Joe Biden’s decision to nix the program didn’t violate a 1996 migrant detention law, the court held, noting that the administration’s memorandum rescinding the program should have been examined by the lower courts.