Supreme Court blocks Biden effort to end Trump 'Remain in Mexico' policy

The Supreme Court rejected an effort to discontinue the Trump administration's controversial policy forcing asylum seekers at the southern U.S. border to remain in Mexico

The Supreme Court Tuesday night rejected a bid by the Biden administration to formally discontinue former President Donald Trump's controversial 2018 policy forcing asylum seekers along the southern U.S. border to remain in Mexico while awaiting a hearing on their claims. In a single-page order, the court sided with Texas and a group of Republican-led states which claimed President Joe Biden did not lawfully cancel the policy and, in so doing, encouraged the record surge of migrants seen in recent months. The vote was 6-3, pitting the court's conservative majority against the three liberals, Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. The decision effectively requires the Biden administration to comply with a lower court order to reinstate Trump's "Migrant Protection Protocols" (MPP) and deny entry to any migrant seeking to file an asylum claim.