RMIAN Joins the Call to End ‘Remain in Mexico’ and Other Harmful Policies at the Border
On October 16, dozens of immigration advocates walked out of a meeting with top Biden officials to protest the continued use of Trump-era border policies. The walkout was spurred after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ruling from a Texas judge that the Biden administration must re-instate the ‘Remain in Mexico Policy.’ The Biden administration has announced plans to renew efforts to end the policy and, in the meantime, will attempt to improve the safety of those impacted. However, since the policy’s implementation during the Trump administration, individuals who should have been, according to policy directives, excluded from MPP were still denied entry to the United States. Further, thousands of documented cases of kidnapping, torture, assault, rape, and family separation prove that there is no way to mitigate this program’s horrific, racist, and unlawful nature. While RMIAN and other advocates recognize the Biden administration’s intentions to find a way to terminate the ‘Remain in Mexico Policy,’ the administration has continually shown a disregard for asylum seekers through its defense of Title 42 and creation of a Dedicated Docket. RMIAN joined legal providers, law school clinics, and law firms and signed a letter urging the Biden administration to terminate ‘Remain in Mexico’, Title 42, and other harmful policies and take immediate steps to restore asylum at the border.
