Will the Supreme Court be as deferential to Biden on immigration as it was to Trump?
The court is weighing whether the Biden administration must continue to enforce the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" program, which keeps some asylum-seekers in Mexico while they await a U.S. hearing.
by Nina Totenberg
Apr 26, 2022
4 minutes
Another day, another hot-button issue at the U.S. Supreme Court. This time the question is whether the Biden administration must continue to enforce the Trump-era program known as Remain in Mexico. The policy requires asylum-seekers, mainly from Central and South America, to remain in Mexico while they wait for a hearing in a U.S. immigration court.
The Trump administration devised the Remain in Mexico policy in from streaming into the U.S. with asylum claims. The Biden administration suspended the program , but the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, acting on a challenge brought by Texas and Missouri, to continue the Trump policy. On Tuesday, the.
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