US Supreme Court reinstates Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

Biden administration says its regrets the court’s decision but will will comply with the order ‘in good faith’.

The Supreme Court of the United States has denied President Joe Biden’s bid to rescind an immigration policy implemented by his predecessor that forced thousands of asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the US. With three liberal justices dissenting, the court on Tuesday rejected the Biden administration’s effort to block a Texas-based judge’s ruling requiring the government to revive former President Donald Trump’s “remain in Mexico” policy, formally known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) programme. The Supreme Court’s 6-3 conservative majority includes three justices appointed by Trump.