The Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Sept. 29 that it intends to issue a new memo scrapping the “Remain in Mexico” immigration program implemented by former President Donald Trump despite a Supreme Court ruling that the program was to be reinstated. Also known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), the “Remain in Mexico” program centers around making some immigrants who seek asylum wait in Mexico while their claims are heard in the United States. The program was launched in January 2019 under the Trump administration and was widely credited by proponents for the decline in illegal border crossings. Mark Morgan, who was acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection at the time, told The Epoch Times that the MPP was ​​”the most significant game-changer” and largely responsible for a 75 percent drop in such crossings. However opponents, including Democrat leaders, have argued that the immigration system needs to be completely overhauled, and have …