TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 16, 2021

A federal judge in Texas has ordered the Biden administration to revive a Trump-era border policy that required migrants to stay in Mexico until their U.S. immigration court date, WSMV reports. Shortly after President Joe Biden took office, he ended the policy known as "remain in Mexico" that resulted in thousands of non-Mexican migrants having to wait in Mexico until their immigration hearings. In April, the states of Texas and Missouri sued over the policy, arguing its reversal led to a surge of migrants at the border that inflicted costs on the states. According to Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, the reversal violated the Administrative Procedure Act, which dictates what procedures agencies must go through to implement certain policies.