Biden Asks Court to Let Him Scrap Trump’s Remain-in-Mexico Rule
A migrant crosses the Rio Grande River near the Del Rio-Acuna Port of Entry in Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila state, Mexico, on Sept. 19.
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The Biden administration urged a federal appeals court to let it cancel a controversial Trump-era policy requiring asylum seekers at the U.S. southern border to wait in Mexico for their cases to be processed.
President Joe Biden is seeking to lift an injunction won by Texas and Missouri that is forcing him to re-implement a rule put in place in 2019. The U.S. Constitution gives the executive branch wide discretion over immigration policies, and Biden gave a proper justification for scrapping the measure, the U.S. Justice Department said in a court filing late Monday in New Orleans.