Texas sues Biden for rescinding Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

4/15/21
 
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from The Hill,
4/13/21:

The state of Texas sued the Biden administration Tuesday seeking to reinstate a Trump-era policy that forced migrants arriving at the southern border to wait in Mexico while applying for asylum.

President Biden in his first days in office directed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a replacement for the policy known as “Remain in Mexico” that forced more than 60,000 asylum-seekers south across the border.

“The result of this arbitrary and capricious decision has been a huge surge of Central American migrants…

Neither the White House nor DHS immediately responded to request for comment.

The suit is the third Texas has filed challenging Biden’s immigration moves. Earlier this year it secured a win that blocked Biden’s attempt to pause deportations for his first 100 days in office.

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