NEW: DHS announces that effective Thursday it "cease adding individuals into the" Remain in Mexico (or MPP) Program.
"All current MPP participants should remain where they are, pending further official information from U.S. government officials."
"All current MPP participants should remain where they are, pending further official information from U.S. government officials."
COVID-19 travel restrictions remain in place, officials say.
Immigration courts have suspended Remain In Mexico processing since this summer so people who have been placed into the program recently have been waiting in Mexico without any idea of when their court date will take place.
Most people have been turned around and given no chance at asylum protections through the COVID-19 travel restrictions.
There has been a group that have crossed into the US -- mostly Cuban -- that have been placed into this program recently. Several hundred since Dec, per source
There has been a group that have crossed into the US -- mostly Cuban -- that have been placed into this program recently. Several hundred since Dec, per source
DHS Asylum officers are celebrating this decision. This policy has been something that officers have been criticizing since the moment it was implemented.
USCIS official: "Ending MPP will stop a capricious policy that placed enormous strain on CBP and USCIS, exacerbated the burden in EOIR and immigration judges, and brought shame to the entire Department of Homeland Security."
Data snapshot of MPP recently:
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