Republicans push to reinstate Remain in Mexico under new Trump administration

Republicans push to reinstate Remain in Mexico under new Trump administration


GOP lawmakers are laying the groundwork for the return of signature Trump-era immigration policies, paving the way for sweeping changes at the southern border as the president-elect prepares for his return to the White House next week.

Republicans in both the House and Senate will introduce legislation Thursday that would reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols, otherwise known as the Remain in Mexico program implemented in 2017 under then-President Donald Trump. The program was later dismantled by the Biden administration shortly after President Joe Biden took office in 2021 despite pushback from Republicans, particularly those in border states.

“Biden’s first action upon taking office four years ago was to reverse President Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy,” Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX), who introduced the legislation in the

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