SAN DIEGO—Enforcement of the “Remain in Mexico” program, which keeps asylum seekers in Mexico while they await their immigration court hearings across the border, was expanded Jan. 4 to San Diego.
The policy officially termed “Migrant Protection Protocols” was ended last summer by the new administration, but was reinstated following a federal judge’s order that the program was improperly terminated.
That injunction was upheld by an appeals court, though last week the Biden administration filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court to end the program.
Federal officials again began enforcing the policy in Texas last month, and its re-implementation began Monday in San Diego.
A migrant encampment located in the El Chapperal in Tijuana, Mex., on April 22, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
