Biden ’s “Wait in Mexico” Is Worse Than Trump’s “Remain in Mexico”

David J. BierYesterday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkasupdated the press on the Biden administration ’s efforts to “replace the cruelty of the past administration,” especially the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program where asylum seekers were stuck in Mexico for months. Yet in practically the same breath, Mayorkas articulated an even worse policy: Wait in Mexico.Of asylum seekers, he said, “They need to wait. But they need to wait with a particular goal in mind. We are not saying don ’t come. We are saying don’t come now.” He clarified that if they don’t wait, DHS will use the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC’s) “Title 42 authorities and return them to Mexico, and we have done that.” If Remain in Mexico was cruel, is “Wait in Mexico” better? Definitely not.Under the Trump administration ’s Remain in Mexico policy known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), immigrants who crossed were returned to Mexico to await a hearing date north of the border. At a final hearing after months or years living homeless in Tijuana, Juarez, or Matamoras, an immigration judge could at least theoretically grant them asylum and entry into the United States.Under the Biden administration ’s Wait in Mexico policy, immigrants and families dumped back into Mexico would not even receive a hearing date to await. They do not enter the asylum process at all. All they get from the Biden administr...
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