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archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_AA9388B4-7C95-FE23-D80B-1854397ED966@published” data-editable=”text” data-component-name=”paragraph”> A federal judge in Texas has put on hold for now the Biden administration’s most recent attempt to end the so-called “Remain in Mexico” program.
archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_75F4E745-61FA-9279-5CE4-1858A011B5A6@published” data-editable=”text” data-component-name=”paragraph”> US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk is pausing the termination of the program that was outlined in an October 2021 policy memo while litigation around that memo continues.
archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_E43195D9-8304-E356-4144-187A04655504@published” data-editable=”text” data-component-name=”paragraph”> The ruling marks a setback in President Joe Biden’s effort to end the controversial Trump-era policy, which sends certain non-Mexican citizens who entered the US back to Mexico – instead of detaining them or releasing them into the US – while their immigration proceedings played out.
archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_C02ADDAB-F9A9-7CDE-0BB7-187D26F06FBE@published” data-editable=”text” data-component-name=”paragraph”> The program, formally known as Migrant Protection Protocols, is separate from Title 42, which is set to end next week. That authority, which was heavily criticized by public health experts and immigrant advocates, has largely barred asylum at the US-Mexico border. …
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