Trump Administration's 'Remain In Mexico' Program Tangles Legal Process
Immigrant advocates say the policy, known as Migrant Protection Protocols, is not protecting migrants. Its difficult for lawyers to reach clients, and puts migrants in danger.
A federal appeals court this week ruled that a Trump administration program that sends asylum seekers back to Mexico may continue pending a final decision on a lawsuit that seeks to eliminate the program entirely.
The decision angered immigrant advocates who say the policy, officially known as Migrant Protection Protocols or MPP, is having the opposite effect of what its name would suggest.
For the Trump administration, the ruling is a temporary victory for its hardline enforcement strategy which seeks to curb mass migration at
