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DHS’ Mayorkas ‘Very Pleased’ with End of Trump-Era Border Program

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says he is pleased the Supreme Court issued a ruling allowing the agency to discontinue the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy. Mayorkas says the Migrant Protection Protocols requiring migrants to remain in Mexico as their asylum claims are processed has “endemic flaws, and it has unjustifiable human costs.”

A group of at least 400 migrants is apprehended on Father's Day in Normandy, Texas. (Randy

Data: Only 1.6% of ‘Remain in Mexico’ Migrants Have Valid Asylum Claims

While the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled that President Joe Biden can end the Migration Protection Protocols (MPP), commonly known as “Remain in Mexico,” federal data reveals that just 1.6 percent of migrants enrolled in the program have ended up having valid claims for asylum to remain in the U.S. 

BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 25: A family of Central American asylum seekers arrives to a

Biden Admin’s Migrant ‘Remain in Mexico’ Restart Lags at Border

The Department of Homeland Security’s restart of the Trump era Remain in Mexico Program, also known as the Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP), is returning an average of 10 migrants per day. Enforcement is set to expand from the El Paso and San Diego Sectors to the Rio Grande Valley in short order.

US Vice President Kamala Harris (2nd-L) tours the El Paso Border Patrol Station, on June 2