Biden has been unsuccessful in trying to formally end Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy.
He ended it earlier this year but a court ruled that he must restart the policy.
Now a new report from Axios says Biden’s DHS Secretary is trying to end it again:
The Department of Homeland Security is issuing a memo Thursday announcing its intent to end the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy, DHS officials told reporters on a call.
The Biden administration is currently under a court order to reimplement the policy, which is formally known as Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). The controversial program requires many migrants to remain in Mexico while their asylum claims are processed in U.S. courts. Human rights advocates have slammed MPP as inhumane.
The Biden administration first tried to end the program in June, but a U.S. District Court judge in Texas ordered the administration to restart MPP in August, arguing the White House ended the program improperly. The ruling was upheld by the Supreme Court.
The government has said it will restart MPP on Nov. 15.
Mayorkas admits the program did work to stop the illegal masses from getting to the border, however he still doesn’t like it:
After a thorough review, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has determined MPP “may very well have led to a reduction of irregular migration,” but the humanitarian costs do not justify the program, one DHS official said.
DHS will make an appeal to the 5th Circuit to end the program:
The department plans to ask the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate the district judge’s ruling or send the case to the lower court so the administration can ask the Texas judge to vacate it.
The 5th circuit court will hear oral arguments on Nov. 2.
Of course the Biden administration, who has turned the border into a nightmare disaster area this year, doesn’t want to use something that actually worked to fix the problem. Just like he doesn’t want to finish building the wall to solve the problem either.
Biden is a disaster.