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Biden ends ‘remain in Mexico’ policy

The Biden administration this week formally ended former President Donald Trump’s “remain in Mexico” policy, which required Central American asylum seekers to wait south of the U.S.-Mexico border. President Biden paused the program shortly after taking office as he dialed back restrictive immigration policies. Since then, the Biden administration has allowed about 11,000 of the 68,000 people sent to Mexico to enter the U.S. to pursue asylum claims. Apprehensions by the Border Patrol reached 178,622 in April, the highest level in at least 20 years. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the numbers demonstrated that the “remain in Mexico” policy did not “sustainably enhance border management.”