A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a bid by President Joe Biden’s administration to end the recently-restarted Trump era “Remain in Mexico” program. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an order from District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump nominee, finding that the administration erred in ending the program, which forces some asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for their claims to be heard. Kacsmaryk ruled in September that Biden nominee Alejandro Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, violated federal law when attempting to end the program in part by ignoring its benefits. The ruling led to a reboot of the program, formally known as the Migrant Policy Protocols (MPP), but the government is simultaneously attempting to ax it for good. Mayorkas announced on Oct. 29 that the program would end, despite the court order. The government then informed the appeals court that the ongoing case was moot because …