Nicco Quinones, Ashley Schwartz-Lavares, Allie Weintraub, ABC News, October 24, 2023 "A retired veteran hired to work security for migrants being bused out of Texas alleges he witnessed pervasive mistreatment during the long trips to other cities. David...
Texas v. Biden, Dec. 15, 2022 "This case began as a challenge to the termination of the Migrant Protection Protocols ("MPP") program in January 2021. Although the legal instruments governing the termination evolved over time by issuance of new...
URIEL J. GARCÍA, Texas Tribune, AUG. 26, 2022 "Willian woke up before dawn on a recent Tuesday, packed his legal documents into a blue folder and got in a van with other migrants to one of the international bridges that connect El Paso and Ciudad Juárez...
Prof. Peter Margulies, Lawfare, July 7, 2022 "In a 5-4 decision on June 30, the Supreme Court cleared away a major obstacle to the Biden administration ending the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program (officially called Migrant Protection Protocols...
TRAC, June 14, 2022 "Case-by-case Immigration Court records current as of the end of May 2022 show that during the last six months, over 5,000 asylum seekers have been required to remain in Mexico under the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) while awaiting...
Amy L. Howe, Feb. 18, 2022 "The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon agreed to decide whether the Biden administration must continue to enforce the Trump-era program known as the “remain in Mexico” policy, which requires asylum seekers to stay in Mexico while...
Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union Tribune, Jan. 3, 2022 "San Diego on Monday became the second U.S. border city where federal officials restarted the “Remain in Mexico” program. No asylum seekers were immediately returned to Tijuana to wait for their U.S....
Stephanie Leutert, Strauss Center, Dec. 2021 "Every day, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers send individuals into Mexican border cities, including the city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, across the border from Laredo, Texas. These individuals...
Hon. Jeffrey S. Chase, Dec. 6, 2021 "The Round Table of Former Immigration Judges is a group of 51 former Immigration Judges and Members of the Board of Immigration Appeals who are committed to the principles of due process, fairness, and transparency in...
Melissa del Bosque, The Border Chronicle, Nov. 2, 2021 " Until August, Stephanie Leutert served in the Biden administration as a senior adviser for migration policy at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. Leutert...
Julia Ainsley, NBC News, Oct. 14, 2021 "After having lost a legal battle, the Biden administration tentatively plans a mid-November restart of a Trump-era policy that forces migrants seeking asylum to wait in Mexico for their U.S. immigration court hearings...
Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, Sept. 12, 2021 "A string of recent court decisions has put President Biden in a predicament: Re-implement his predecessor's Remain in Mexico policy in good faith or turn to Trump-era tactics to dismantle the divisive immigration...
Prof. Peter Margulies, Sept. 3, 2021 "The Supreme Court on Aug. 24 declined to stay an injunction by Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas against the Biden administration’s termination of the “Remain in...
David Isaacson, Aug. 18, 2021 "On Friday, August 13, U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an Opinion and Order ruling in favor of the states of Texas and Missouri in a lawsuit that...
Human Rights Watch, Jan. 6, 2021 "The United States government’s “Remain in Mexico” program subjects children and adults to serious, ongoing harm, including abduction and rape, and should be quickly and decisively dismantled, Human Rights Watch said in...