Migrants seeking asylum no longer have to wait in Mexico for a court hearing in the US.The Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also referred to as "Remain in Mexico," was introduced in 2019 by the Trump administration. A Supreme Court decision was issued in June that allowed the Biden administration to legally terminate the program. But the process will take some time and migrants continue to be at risk and in danger.We discuss what the next steps will look like and what kind of impression the policy has left onthe issue of immigration in the U.S.Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Find us on Twitter @1A.
Immigrants’ rights advocates and Democratic lawmakers are calling for a quick end to the Trump-era Remain in Mexico program after the US Supreme Court sided with the Biden administration on efforts to end it.
Before August 2021, Ana had never even considered leaving her home in Hidalgo, Mexico. Then she was kidnapped by members of a drug cartel, and discovered that the father of her children who had…