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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has moved swiftly to start dismantling a cornerstone of former President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policy, a program that sent thousands of asylum seekers back to Mexico to await their immigration court hearings.
FILE PHOTO: Migrants hold a protest at the Mexico-U.S. San Ysidro port of entry to ask U.S. President Joe Biden to allow them to apply for asylum, in Tijuana, Mexico March 2, 2021. Picture taken March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes/
Biden’s focus on ending the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) - under which 65,000 migrants were sent back to Mexico - fulfills a key election campaign promise, but it leaves thousands of migrants not in the program unsure of their fate, migrants, attorneys and activists told Reuters.
As Joe Biden winds down Mexico program, many migrants on US border left in limbo
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Reuters / Updated: Mar 12, 2021, 16:59 IST
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Some of those migrants not in the program have been waiting along the US-Mexico border longer than those who were enrolled in MPP after they were caught crossing the border illegally. AP Photo
LOS ANGELES: US President Joe Biden has moved swiftly to start dismantling a cornerstone of former President Donald Trump s hardline immigration policy, a program that sent thousands of asylum seekers back to Mexico to await their immigration court hearings.
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