Court says ‘Remain in Mexico’ immigration policy must stay

A US district court has ruled that the federal government must retain a policy requiring some migrants and asylum-seekers to wait out their immigration proceedings in Mexico, overruling the White House in favor of Republican state officials.

Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District Court of Texas issued a 35-page decision on Thursday arguing that the Joe Biden administration had failed to “adequately consider costs to states” should the ‘Remain in Mexico’ rule be terminated. He stayed a June Supreme Court ruling which authorized the government to end the policy, known formally as the ‘Migrant Protection Protocols’ (MPP), saying it must continue pending “final resolution” of the legal case. 

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