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The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Joe Biden’s attempt to unwind one of the Trump administration’s signature immigration policies, in a ruling that will have expansive implications for the president’s lurching pursuit of creating an orderly asylum system at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The nation’s highest court found that the Department of Homeland Security did have the authority to end enforcement of the Migrant Protection Protocols, better known by the Trump-given nickname “Remain in Mexico.”
The policy, which allows border agents to release people seeking asylum into Mexico as they wait for their proceedings in the U.S. to be adjudicated, forced more than 71,000 asylum-seekers back onto Mexican soil during the Trump administration. Those who were turned back often faced extremely dangerous conditions, with many at high risk of exploitation, trafficking, and even murder.
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