Trump-Era ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Hurts Children, Groups Say
- Immigrant advocates say policy requiring the wait is illegal
- They urge appeals court to let Biden abandon Trump policy
Haitian migrants get off a truck as they arrive at a shelter after leaving a makeshift camp in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, on Sept. 24.
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As a U.S. federal appeals court weighs whether the Biden administration may abandon a policy requiring asylum seekers at the southern border to wait in Mexico, immigrant rights advocates say the policy has an especially devastating impact on young migrants and those fleeing abuse.
Children waiting in Mexico under former President Donald Trump’s so-called Migrant Protection Protocols have suffered from gang violence, attempted kidnappings and unsanitary conditions, groups including Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights and Save the Children said in a filing.