“On January 25, 2019, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the “Remain in Mexico” program. The policy allows US border officers to return non-Mexican asylum seekers to dangerous locations in Mexico as their claims are adjudicated in US immigration courts, nearly all without the benefit of legal assistance. As of November 2019, over 56,000 asylum seekers, including 16,000 children (about 500 of whom were under 12 months old), have been sent back to wait in Mexico”
Now FYI
“The Trump administration’s controversial “remain in Mexico” policy requiring asylum-seekers trying to enter the U.S. from the southern border to wait in Mexico for American court hearings will be suspended.
The program has led to roughly 60,000 migrants getting sent back across the border since MPP was first implemented in January 2019. Tens of thousands of people are still stuck in Mexico, awaiting their court hearings, and living in unsanitary and potentially dangerous situations. The policy has placed enormous strain on Mexico, even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic“
We are getting a good idea how the current administration is handling the situation. Not good, this in the past would have been a political disaster whether the democrats through the years brought in enough to cover the votes in the midterms will have to see.