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The US Department of Homeland Security announced last night the end of the policy under former President Donald Trump
Donald Trump - American businessman and politicianDonald Trump was born on June 14, 1946 in New York, connected with the return to Mexico of asylum seekers while their documents are being checked in American courts, reported France Presse, quoted by BTA.
The announcement comes hours after a US judge struck down an injunction that had hampered Joe Biden's administration
Joe Biden (Joseph Robin Biden) is an American politician. Joe Biden was born on November 20, 1942, in his turn to repeal the "Protocols for the Protection of Migrants" - a measure that also became popular as "Stay in Mexico".
This measure was introduced in 2019 during the term of Donald Trump
Donald Trump - American businessman and politicianDonald Trump was born on June 14, 1946 in New York and became the object of criticism from organizations for the protection of civil rights.
The fight against illegal immigration was the signature policies of the former US president, AFP notes.
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The measure will be repealed "in a swift and proper manner," the ministry said in a statement.
"The protocols represent an internal defect for the country, the human cost of which cannot be justified. In addition, they divert resources and personnel from other priority efforts to protect our border," the department also stated.
Shortly after his inauguration, Joe Biden
Joe Biden (Joseph Robin Biden) is an American politician. Joe Biden was born on November 20, 1942 in tried to end the protocols in view of a more humane approach to immigration.
Republican-governed states, including Texas, successfully challenged the decision.
The move forced the US government to revise the project and go to the Supreme Court.
Ultimately, on June 30, the high court upheld the Biden administration's repeal of the immigration law.
From the introduction of that legislation in January 2019 until Biden's initial repeal, more than 70,000 people have been returned to Mexico, according to the American Immigration Council.
The New York and Washington-based human rights organization "Human Rights First" claims to have found 1,544 cases of murder, rape, torture, abduction and other forms of aggression against people under the "Remain in Mexico" between January 2019 and 2021, as well as multiple deaths, including at least one child.
The administration of Donald Trump
Donald Trump - American businessman and politicianDonald Trump was born on June 14, 1946 in New York was proud of his policy of zero tolerance, which, according to her, was necessary to stop illegal immigration to the United States.
Between December 2021 and June 2022, when the protocols came back into effect, 9,563 people were enrolled in the program, the majority not coming from Mexico but from Nicaragua.
During Joe Biden's tenure
Joe Biden (Joseph Robin Biden) is an American politician. Joe Biden was born on November 20, 1942. Every month, more than 200,000 people trying to enter the United States illegally were blocked at the border under the protection protocols or the anti-epidemic measures against COVID-19.
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