U.S. President Joe Biden Officially Scraps Former President Donald Trump’s Remain in Mexico Policy
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U.S. President Joe Biden's administration had officially ended the "Remain in Mexico" policy, which was instated during former President Donald Trump's administration.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said he was ending the policy, which was formally known as the Migration Protection Protocols after months of review by his office, according to an NBC News report.

The Biden administration had temporarily paused the program on his first day in office on January 20.

Mayorkas had announced the new development in a memo to agency heads. He said that MPP does not adequately or sustainably enhance border management in such a way as to justify the program's extensive operational burdens and other deficits.

Mayorkas said that the policy had produced mixed results.

The memo added that the administration is eyeing to implement reforms to the U.S. asylum system, while also working with Mexico and Central American countries.

Remain in Mexico Policy

Trump had implemented the policy in 2019 during his huge immigration crackdowns, which was widely condemned by immigration and human rights advocacy group.

Human Rights Watch repeatedly warn of reports of children and adults experiencing sexual assault, kidnapping, extortion, robbery, and other crimes while being forced to stay in Mexico under the MPP program, according to a Forbes report.

The HRW had also called on the federal government to start an internal investigation into the said program.

The human rights advocacy group had also said that the Homeland Security under the Trump administration had to be held accountable for its failure to protect asylum seekers, according to HRW's website.

Ariana Sawyer, a US border researcher at Human Rights Watch, said that the DHS inspector general should start a probe and act as Homeland Security has been heavy-handed over federal and international law by returning asylum seekers to harm.

A kidnapped asylum seeker had reported that one of his captors told him the cartel had been hiring.

The said asylum seekers said that his captor told him that they are capturing more asylum seekers since the U.S. was deporting so many, which meant more work.

In Tamaulipas alone, HRW reported at least 32 occurrences of kidnapping or attempted kidnapping mostly by criminal organizations.

At least 38 children were kidnapped or subjected to kidnapping attempts, with reports by four women of sexual assault during the kidnapping incident.

Asylum seekers in the MPP program can be easily identified in Mexico as they appear foreign and speak with accents. Some do not speak Spanish at all.

Migrant Encounters Under Biden Administration

Migrant encounters at the United States' southern border had increased 71 percent since February as the current administration struggles to handle thousands of people seeking entry into the U.S.

More than 172,000 people tried to enter the U.S., which was an increase from the 100,441 in February, according to a USA Today report.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection had also encountered 18,890 unaccompanied children from Central America, doubling the number of migrant children in February.

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