More Lawsuits Against Biden For Abandoning 'Remain In Mexico' Policy

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Biden sued by 2 states for abandoning 'remain in Mexico' policy

April 13, 2021


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Texas and Missouri sued President Joe Biden's administration in an  effort to restore the so-called "remain in Mexico" policy that the  president revoked shortly after entering office.

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The states claimed President Joe Biden unlawfully halted the Migrant  Protection Protocols, also known as the "Remain in Mexico" policy,  enacted by the previous administration, according to the lawsuit  filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Missouri Attorney General  Eric Schmitt said the administration's decision to halt the MPP has led  to the surge of criminals attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. "President Biden could immediately remedy the influx of crime pouring  across our border by reinstating the Migrant Protection Protocols,"  Paxton said in a statement. "Dangerous criminals are taking advantage of  the lapse in law enforcement and it's resulting in human trafficking,  smuggling, a plethora of violent crimes, and a massive, unprecedented  burden on state and federal programs for which taxpayers must foot the  bill." "We cannot allow this lawlessness to destroy our communities any longer," Paxton said. "President Biden must act."

Immediately after Biden was sworn in on Jan. 20, the Department of Homeland Security announced  it would cease enrolling immigrants in the MPP program. Former  President Donald Trump's administration introduced the MPP in December  2018, mandating border officials to send asylum seekers back to Mexico  while they waited for their immigration court appearance. Before MPP, DHS released tens of thousands of illegal immigrants into  the U.S. where they disappeared, the attorneys general said Tuesday. Trump's policy was an effort to prevent illegal immigrants, including  criminals, from entering the country. Missouri and Texas further accused the Biden administration of "exacerbating" the border crisis and giving human traffickers the ability to game the U.S. immigration system...  "President Biden's failure to control the massive influx of migrants —  an influx invited by his lax policies — has opened the floodgates to  human trafficking" ... "They didn't like the Trump administration violating APA," Louisiana Attorney General ... "But they were quick to violate the APA, as soon as Biden became president." Landry and Paxton sued the Biden administration last week over separate border policies that  they alleged result in the release of criminal illegal immigrants. In  March, Montana and Arizona filed a lawsuit against Biden over his executive order halting deportations.

Biden sued by 2 states for abandoning 'remain in Mexico' policy
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