Supreme Court forces Biden to reinstate Trump ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
District of Columbia | August 25, 2021
Evidence that there is in fact now a conservative majority at the Supreme Court that respects the rule of law. The Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated a Trump-era policy that requires asylum applicants to wait in Mexico while their claims are evaluated by U.S. authorities. The three liberal justices dissented. President Biden canceled the Trump administration Migrant Protection Protocols, commonly called the Remain in Mexico policy, responding to criticism that it forced vulnerable migrants to wait out their cases in violent border cities. Lower courts found the administration failed to follow proper procedures in ending the policy and that the alternative of paroling into the U.S. asylum applicants en masse may violate federal law…. (Excerpts from White House Dossier)