The Biden administration on Tuesday formally ended a Trump-era immigration policy that forced asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court. The move came the same day as the Biden administration marked the first day of National Immigrant Heritage Month by asking Congress to pass the U.S. 1 of President Joe Biden's termBiden also marked the beginning of National Immigrant Heritage Month by asking Congress to pass the U.S. Biden's changes to Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' were a foregone conclusion - as Biden had promised as a candidate to end the policy - but the president left a window open by ordering a review before shutting it down permanently. The secretary pointed to a new docket in immigration court announced Friday that aims to decide asylum cases at the border within 300 days.

Source: Daily Mail June 01, 2021 23:12 UTC