Immigrant advocates in the United States walked out of a virtual meeting with White House officials in protest against border policies enacted during the Trump administration against undocumented immigrants and maintained by the Biden administration.
The activists stated that they could no longer “enter into these conversations with a good conscience” after witnessing how President Joe Biden’s administration “plays politics with human lives.”
The meeting and subsequent departure of the defenders was prompted by the Biden administration's plans to reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as Remain in Mexico, next month. This program seeks to force asylum seekers to wait on the other side of the southern border (Mexico) for their hearings.
A significant part of the activists' frustration and concern lies in Washington's continued use and defense of Title 42, a public health order that was first used under the Trump administration as an excuse to expel migrants amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to analysts, the White House is trying to revive the immigration proposal put forward at the beginning of the term, which enacted more humane immigration laws, an idea that has become blurred with the strict measures implemented by the Biden administration.