5th Circuit Rejects Biden Administration’s Efforts to End Migration Protections Protocols

On December 2, 2021, the Biden administration announced that, in response to a court order obtained by the states of Texas and Missouri, the federal government will soon reinstate Migration Protection Protocols (“MPP”), commonly referred to as the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy.[1] This decision invoked heavy criticism from advocacy organizations such as UNICEF and American Civil Liberties Union, stating that MPP was a “humanitarian catastrophe” and that the program cannot be ethically reinstated due to its inherent and unjustifiable flaws.[2]