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NEW: The Biden administration is considering reviving Trump's "Remain in Mexico" policy for migrants. trib.al/fhrJmyk

Faced with the highest number of migrants crossing the U.S.’ southwestern border in 21 years, senior Biden administration officials are embracing some of Trump’s most hard-line policies and considering whether to adopt others. trib.al/fhrJmyk

In the biggest about-face, senior U.S. officials have privately discussed reviving the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy to manage the number of migrants arriving at the border, according to three sources with knowledge of the discussions. trib.al/fhrJmyk

The idea of reviving "Remain in Mexico" originated in the White House and has been bandying about for weeks in a small circle of government officials.

Discussions have centered around whether there could be a gentler version of the policy. trib.al/fhrJmyk

Under the "Remain in Mexico" policy, the U.S. sent more than 70,000 asylum seekers from 2019-2021 to some of Mexico’s most dangerous border cities to wait while their immigration cases were decided. trib.al/fhrJmyk

Immigration advocates are accusing the Biden administration of turning its back on asylum seekers, and pushing inhumane policies in a desperate effort to stop the flow of migrants reaching the U.S. border. trib.al/fhrJmyk

Biden has maintained a Trump-era pandemic rule that allows the U.S. to summarily expel asylum seekers back to Mexico, without giving them a chance to apply for protection. trib.al/fhrJmyk

Biden went a step further this month, when the U.S. began flying migrants apprehended at the border to southern Mexico—where they are put on buses and dumped in Guatemala—in an effort to prevent them from returning to the U.S. Many are young children. trib.al/fhrJmyk

A spokesman for the White House told @VICEWorldNews that it doesn’t comment on “interagency deliberations.” trib.al/fhrJmyk

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