Two first migrants were returned from the United States to Mexico under a program put in place during the time of former President Donald Trump, suspended by Joe Biden, but reactivated by decision of the Supreme Court.
The two migrants of undetermined nationality were handed over to Mexican authorities by US agents between El Paso in Texas and Ciudad Juarez in northern Mexico.
“Stay Mexico”
Migrants must wait in Mexico for a response to their asylum request in the United States, according to this program called “Stay in mexico“(Rest in Mexico).
Under Trump’s presidency, tens of thousands of migrants, mainly from Central America, were returned to the Mexican border to await the outcome of their asylum claims filed in the United States.
A dismantling opposed by the Supreme Court
When he came to power, Democratic President Joe Biden launched the dismantling of this program, known as the Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP).
But in August, the Supreme Court inflicted a setback on the Democratic administration and ruled that the program should stand. Despite its revival, the White House has reaffirmed its criticism of this program.
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The two migrants were not immediately received by Mexican migration officials on Wednesday because they did not have a medical certificate.
They were then handed over to the staff of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
IOM felt that it was urgent to finish “as soon as possible and definitively“with this program”inhuman and contrary to international law“.
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