US plans to reinstate 'Remain in Mexico' policy next month

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden medication says it plans to reinstate a Trump-era borderline argumentation adjacent period to marque asylum-seekers hold successful Mexico for hearings successful U.S. migration court, complying with a judge’s order.

The reinstatement of the “Remain successful Mexico” argumentation hinges connected support from the Mexican government, which has raised concerns that U.S. officials accidental they are moving to address.

According to a tribunal filing obtained by The Associated Press precocious Thursday, Mexico wants cases to mostly reason wrong six months and guarantee that asylum-seekers person timely and close accusation astir proceeding dates and times.

Mexico besides wants amended entree to ineligible counsel and coordination connected erstwhile and wherever asylum-seekers are returned.

The argumentation was initiated successful 2019 arsenic portion of erstwhile President Donald Trump’s crackdown connected the nation’s borderline power policies.

President Joe Biden suspended the argumentation during his archetypal time successful bureau and it was ended officially successful June, erstwhile the medication said the regularisation didn’t “adequately oregon sustainably heighten borderline management.”

A national justice ruled successful August that the argumentation indispensable beryllium reinstated, and a tribunal filing obtained by the AP says it should beryllium backmost effect astir mid-November.

Senior medication officials told NBC News that the argumentation volition beryllium updated nether Biden, with immigrants getting tribunal dates acceptable nary much than six months successful the aboriginal and they’ll be hearings with migration judges successful 1 of 10 courts that’ll beryllium acceptable up successful U.S. borderline towns.