This American Life, Nov. 15, 2019 "Reports from the frontlines of the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" asylum policy. We hear from asylum seekers waiting across the border in Mexico, in a makeshift refugee camp, and from the officers...
American Immigration Council, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Human Rights Watch (HRW), Winston & Strawn LLP, May 14, 2020 "The American Immigration Council, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Human Rights Watch (HRW...
Miriam Jordan, New York Times, Mar. 4, 2020 "While insisting that a policy that has forced 60,000 asylum seekers to wait in Mexico violates United States law, a federal appeals court on Wednesday granted the Trump administration’s request to keep the “Remain...
DHS, Jan. 2, 2020 "Today, the Department of Homeland Security will begin processing migrants for return to Mexico under the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) at the Nogales Port of Entry south of Tucson, Arizona. This brings the total number of ports of...
Prof. Stacy Caplow and Prof. Maryellen Fullerton, Sept. 10, 2019 "The laws and policies protecting refugees and asylum seekers in the United States are under sustained assault. Since 1980, Congress has provided that noncitizens in the United States or at...
TRAC, July 29, 2019 "Since this administration announced the Migration Protection Protocols (MPP) on January 24, 2019 , more commonly referred to as "Remain in Mexico," the number of individuals and families diverted to this program has been expanding...
CGRS, Aug. 8, 2022 " A federal judge has vacated the injunction that forced the government to revive the Trump-era Remain in Mexico policy, which the government concluded had inflicted “unjustifiable human costs.” This officially clears the way for the...
Biden v. Texas - 20 F. 4th 928, reversed and remanded. ROBERTS, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which BREYER, SOTOMAYOR, KAGAN, and KAVANAUGH, JJ., joined. KAVANAUGH, J., filed a concurring opinion. ALITO, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which...
Amy L. Howe, May 3, 2022 "Six days after hearing oral argument in the challenge to the Biden administration’s effort to unwind the “remain in Mexico” immigration policy, the Supreme Court on Monday called for more briefing. In a short order , the justices...
NILC, Apr. 28, 2022 - Federal Court Rules that Government Actions Under Remain in Mexico are Subject to Orantes Injunction "A federal district court on Wednesday ordered the U.S. government to turn over information sought by advocates on whether the Trump...
Prof. Peter Margulies, Lawfare, Jan. 20, 2022 "In an important decision on Dec. 13, 2021, in Texas v. Biden (Biden II), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected the Biden administration’s latest bid to end the “ Remain in Mexico ” program...
Biden v. Texas - Petition for a Writ of Certiorari [CBS News article here .]
Texas v. Biden "On the merits, the Termination Decision was arbitrary and capricious under the APA. That Act, among other things, requires courts to set aside agency actions that overlook relevant issues or inadequately explain their conclusions. We anchor...
DHS, Dec. 2, 2021 "As required by a federal court order, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been working in good faith to re-implement the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program. On December 2, 2021, in coordination with the Departments of...
DHS, Oct. 29, 2021 "Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today issued a new memorandum announcing and explaining his decision to terminate the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program. “This Administration is tackling longstanding problems...