U.S. border officials will stop enforcing a Trump-era immigration policy that requires non-Mexican asylum-seekers arriving at the southern border to wait in Mexico for processing, following a federal court order.
U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk on Monday lifted an injunction he ordered last year which had prevented the Biden administration from ending the protocol.
It comes after a divided Supreme Court on June 30 ruled that the Biden administration has the authority to end Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), which is commonly known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy.
In a 5–4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled against Texas and Missouri, which had argued that the Biden administration violated the federal immigration law by rescinding MPP on President Joe Biden first day in office….