WooHoo !!! Remain In Mexico Lives

Published December 15, 2022 9:15pm EST

Texas federal court stays termination of 'Remain in Mexico' policy

Department of Homeland Security attempted to terminate the Trump-era policy, but courts ruled it must remain in place.

Thousands of migrants have crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico into the United States in recent days, lining the river and the city while overwhelming shelters.

President Biden’s effort to terminate a Trump-era policy called, "Remain in Mexico," was stayed by a U.S. District Court Judge this week after litigation bounced between several different courts.

"This action has a complex procedural history, having gone from this Court to the Fifth Circuit, to the Supreme Court, and back to this Court on remand," U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk wrote in his decision. "Or ‘there and back again.’ See J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (1937)."

Migrants attempting to cross in to the U.S. from Mexico are detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the border August 20, 2022 in San Luis, Arizona.
Migrants attempting to cross in to the U.S. from Mexico are detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the border August 20, 2022 in San Luis, Arizona. (Nick Ut/Getty Images)

The decision comes nearly six months after the Supreme Court ruled on a memorandum issued on June 1, 2022, from the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. In his memo, Mayorkas terminated Migration Protection Protocols, commonly referred to as the "Remain in Mexico" policy.


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