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DHS Releases Memo on Termination of MPP

Today, DHS has announced the termination of MPP, effective immediately, after finding that the benefits of MPP are far outweighed by the costs of continuing the program. DHS will comply with Texas v. Biden, but termination of MPP will be implemented as soon as practicable after the injunction is vacated.

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Supreme Court to review Trump’s asylum policy and use of military funds for border wall.

On Monday, the Supreme Court said it would review cases concerning the Trump administration’s use of Defense Department money to build the border wall and its policy that forces asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases work through the immigration court system in the U.S., also known as the Remain in Mexico policy. The justices did not expedite either case, meaning that they will be heard next year, with rulings expected mid-2021. This decision came after the justices said last Friday they would rule on the Trump administration’s effort to exclude immigrants in the country illegally from the census.

An “internal disconnect” led to confusion about court dates at the border.

DHS recently sent out conflicting information on how asylum seekers in Mexico would receive new immigration court dates. First, DHS told asylum seekers to come to a port of entry one month after their originally scheduled court date in order to receive a new hearing date. A week later, DHS sent a notice out telling some asylum seekers to report on their original court date to receive a new date. Later, DHS clarified that the first instruction was the correct one. The DHS official who sent out the conflicting information said that it was due to an “unintentional internal disconnect” within DHS.

An “internal disconnect” led to confusion about court dates at the border.

DHS recently sent out conflicting information on how asylum seekers in Mexico would receive new immigration court dates. First, DHS told asylum seekers to come to a port of entry one month after their originally scheduled court date in order to receive a new hearing date. A week later, DHS sent a notice out telling some asylum seekers to report on their original court date to receive a new date. Later, DHS clarified that the first instruction was the correct one. The DHS official who sent out the conflicting information said that it was due to an “unintentional internal disconnect” within DHS

The House will investigate “Remain in Mexico

On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee announced that it is launching an investigation into the Migrant Protection Protocols, or “Remain in Mexico” policy. Several committee members have asserted that the protocols are illegal and open asylum seekers up to “murder, sexual violence, and kidnapping” in Mexico.

Some asylum officers rebelled against Trump policies.

The union for asylum officers and other immigration officers objected to Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, which forced them to send vulnerable asylum seekers to Mexico for the duration of the US court case. Some individual asylum officers took matters into their own hands, refusing to conduct interviews under the “Remain in Mexico” program. Other asylum officers spoke out against the policy after its implementation, feeling morally shaken by sending asylum seekers to a country where they had already been harmed and were in fear.

Judge Tells Trump to Stop Sending Central American Asylum Seekers Back to Mexico

Vox reports on the order issued yesterday by a federal judge in California enjoining the Trump administration from continuing to implement or expand the Migrant Protection Protocols, commonly known as the Remain in Mexico policy. Since late January, the policy has resulted in more than 600 asylum seekers being sent back to Mexico.