Biden administration reinstates Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

Biden called the policy inhumane after Trump administration used it to return over 60,000 asylum seekers across the border

Asylum seekers looking to enter the US from its southern border will again be sent to Mexico while their claims are assessed, with the Biden administration announcing the reinstatement of the controversial Remain in Mexico" policy on Thursday.

The US and Mexican governments haver agreed to a resumption of the program, put in place by Donald Trump in 2019, following its previous suspension by Joe Biden after he became president. It will initially begin in San Diego and in the Texas cities of Laredo, Brownsville and El Paso next week.