The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will be reconsidering the cases of migrants who were previously rejected for asylum in the United States under the Trump administration.
In a statement, DHS said this move was “part of our continued effort to restore safe, orderly, and humane processing at the Southwest Border.”
“DHS will expand the pool of MPP-enrolled individuals who are eligible for processing into the United States,” the department added. “DHS will continue to process for entry into the United States MPP enrollees with pending proceedings.”
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At the start of June, President BidenJoe BidenBaltimore police chief calls for more ‘boots on the ground’ to handle crime wave Biden to deliver remarks at Sen. John Warner’s funeral Garland dismisses broad review of politicization of DOJ under Trump MORE officially ended the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program, formally known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). Biden had paused the program on his first day in office.
The New York Times notes that this new development could potentially affect up to over 34,000 migrants seeking asylum in the U.S.
However, ACLU lawyer Judy Rabinovitz told the Times that the process will likely be long, as asylum seekers would not be informed of what they need to submit and there is no guarantee that a judge will grant a motion to reopen their case or grant them asylum.
In May, the Biden administration announced that it would seek to fast-track the asylum cases of the families who had been allowed to stay in the U.S.
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“Families arriving at the border who are placed in immigration proceedings should have their cases decided in an orderly, efficient, and fair manner,” Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro MayorkasAlejandro MayorkasSupreme Court dismisses moot ‘Remain in Mexico’ case Canadian ambassador calls for close coordination in handling of US border Harris signals a potential breakthrough in US-Mexico cooperation MORE said in a statement at the time.
Vice President Harris recently finished her first diplomatic trip abroad through Central America as part of her work in addressing the root cause of mass migration.
Harris faced a barrage of criticism for her trip, with one speech in which she told migrants, “Do not come, do not come” eliciting condemnation from lawmakers on the left.