Supreme Court orders Biden to reinstate Trump's 'remain in Mexico' immigration policy



The Supreme Court handed down a defeat for the Biden administration and its effort to end the "remain in Mexico" policy begun by former President Donald Trump in 2019.

The highest court in the land said in the 6-3 decision that the policy would have to be reinstated after Biden ordered its end.

The controversial policy required those seeking asylum in the United States to remain in Mexico while their documents were being processed. Critics said the policy was racist while supporters said it would prevent those whose applications were denied from staying in the country illegally.

Attorneys general for Missouri and Texas secured a victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to order the reinstatement of the policy.

The Biden administration then asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to block the lower court order to reinstate the policy, which is officially known as the Migrant Protection Protocols.

Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the administration had not sufficiently argued that it would have proven it was legal to end the policy. He referred the matter to the court instead of granting the administration's request to block the lower court order.

Three of the court's liberal judges dissented: Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer.

Biden will have to enforce the policy while litigation continues in the courts.

Illegal alien advocates were angered by the legal development.

I’m disgusted and sick abt the SCOTUS Remain in Mexico decision. History will judge this inhumanity.

— Maria Hinojosa (@Maria_Hinojosa) 1629850299.0

"I'm disgusted and sick abt the SCOTUS RemaininMexico decision. History will judge this inhumanity," tweeted journalist Maria Hinojosa.

"No matter what happened tonight, we are going to keep fighting," tweeted immigration lawyer Aaron Reichlin-Melnick. "We've been fighting MPP/Remain in Mexico since the day it was announced 2.5 years ago and we're going to keep fighting it now. We will not back down. This doesn't end tonight."

Here's more about the remain in Mexico policy:

Judge orders reinstating 'remain in Mexico' border policywww.youtube.com

Biden officially ends Trump’s 'remain in Mexico' policy on asylum seekers



President Joe Biden's administration officially ended the controversial "remain in Mexico" policy that former President Donald Trump implemented in respect to migrants seeking asylum in the U.S.

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security memo issued on Tuesday shut down the policy, technically known as Migrant Protection Protocols, after Biden had issued an executive order on Feb. 2 to have it reviewed for termination.

The MPP forced those seeking asylum to wait in Mexico instead of allowing them into the U.S. to await their documents to be processed.

Critics of the Biden administration have blamed his roll back of Trump immigration policies for the crisis at the border as an increasing number of migrants try to cross over. Border apprehensions during the first three month's of Biden's presidency exceeded that of the entire year before his presidency.

In response, Biden put Vice President Kamala Harris in charge of stemming the flow of migrants crossing from Mexico, saying, that he could think of "nobody who is better qualified to do this."

The memo from DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday claimed that the policy was ineffective because of the increase of arrests at the border.

"Moreover, in making my assessment, I share the belief that we can only manage migration in an effective, responsible, and durable manner if we approach the issue comprehensively, looking well beyond our own borders," Mayorkas added.

An analysis from DHS in Nov. 2019 found that the MPP had been successful in returning thousands of asylum seekers to their home countries.

In March, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador warned his citizens that they should not believe the deceptive messaging from human traffickers telling them that Biden would regularize any immigrant illegally in the United States.

Here's more about the end of Trump's immigration policy:

Biden rolls back remain-in-Mexico policy, allowing in asylum seekerswww.youtube.com