According to international organizations, asylum seekers on the Mexican border are vulnerable to kidnapping, extortion, and murder.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Joe Biden can end the program implemented by his predecessor Donald Trump, which forces asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for their court dates in the United States.
In 2019, Trump launched the program officially known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), and commonly called "Remain in Mexico," as part of a broader offensive against illegal immigration and asylum seekers.
The initiative forced more than 65,000 asylum seekers to recross the border. Many have remained in Mexico for months or years, waiting to present their cases in U.S. courts near the border.
Biden has criticized the MPP as inhumane and suspended new enrollments in the program on his first day in office in January 2021 as part of his efforts to roll back his predecessor's immigration policies.
There have been several attempts by the Biden administration to end this program, but obstacles have always arisen, forcing them to restart it.
Since the program was restarted by court order, nearly 4,400 migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border have been returned, according to Department of Homeland Security data through mid-June.
Among the nationalities enrolled in the program are Nicaragua, Cuba, Colombia, and Venezuela.
The aforementioned program has been involved in various problems of human rights violations, overcrowding, among other forms of violence.
In April, in Nuevo Laredo, a Mexican border city near Texas, three asylum seekers were kidnapped while local officials were transferring them to a shelter.
News report based on information from: EFE and Reuters.
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