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Cu dolor na nos curason, nos ta participa fayecimento di
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Maria M. Dubero
Cariñosamento yama “Rubia”
*25-10-1923 - †14-10-2021
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A fayese nos casa, ruman, tanta stima:
Lucia Croes-Diaz
*29-12-1957 †08-10-2021
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US plans to reinstate ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
next month
(AP) — The Biden administration said it The administration will rebuild tent courts in
plans to reinstate a Trump-era border poli- Texas border cities of Laredo and Brownsville at a
cy next month to make asylum-seekers wait monthly cost of $24.6 million to operate, accord-
in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration ing to the court filing, and is working to ensure
court, complying with a judge’s order. there is capacity in a system that is backlogged
with 1.4 million cases.
It hinges on approval of the Mexican government,
which has raised concerns that U.S. officials are Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department said
working to address, the Justice Department said in Thursday that it has concerns about asylum-seek-
a court filing late Thursday. Mexico wants cases to ers getting fair treatment in court under the policy,
generally conclude within six months and ensure having access to legal counsel and being safe.
that asylum-seekers have timely and accurate in-
formation about hearing dates and times and bet- Mexico said it also has raised questions about
ter access to legal counsel. another U.S. policy to expel migrants without a
chance to seek asylum. Trump invoked those pow-
Mexico also wants exemptions for “particularly ers, known as Title 42 authority, in March 2020 on
vulnerable populations” and better coordination grounds of preventing spread of the coronavirus.
on locations and times of day that asylum-seekers The Biden administration has strongly defended
are returned to Mexico. the special powers.
About 70,000 asylum-seekers have been subject to “Mexico will continue discussion with the U.S.
the “Remain in Mexico” policy, known officially executive branch, with the aim of achieving a re-
as “Migrant Protection Protocols,” which Presi- gional migration policy that is safe, orderly and
dent Donald Trump introduced in January 2019 regulated,” the Foreign Relations Department
and Biden suspended on his first day in office. A said.
federal judge sided with the states of Texas and
Missouri by ordering the Biden administration in U.S. officials say the renewed “Remain in Mex-
August to reinstate the policy “in good faith.” The ico” policy will be applied to people who don’t
court filing says it should be in effect around mid- qualify for Title 42 authority. The policy was last
November. used largely on people from Spanish-speaking
countries but officials say eligible nationalities
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Ama- have not been determined.
rillo, Texas, a Trump appointee, left open the pos-
sibility that the administration could try again to Broad outlines of the reinstated policy come as the
end the policy, and officials say they will release a Biden administration has yet to develop the “hu-
plan soon that they hope will survive legal scru- mane” asylum system that the president promised
tiny. during his campaign after quickly dismantling
many Trump policies. Illegal border crossings
U.S. Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas have soared under Biden’s watch, with record
ended the policy in June after an internal review, numbers of unaccompanied children and, in Sep-
saying it achieved “mixed effectiveness.” tember, the arrival of about 15,000 mostly Haitian
migrants at a camp in Del Rio, Texas.
Illegal border crossings fell sharply after Mexico,
facing Trump’s threat of higher tariffs, acquiesced Homeland Security said in a statement that it “re-
in 2019 to the policy’s rapid expansion. Asylum- mains committed to building a safe, orderly, and
seekers were victims of major violence while wait- humane immigration system that upholds our
ing in Mexico and faced a slew of legal obstacles, laws and values.”
such as access to attorneys and case information.