People gather as Rev. Albert Rivera, bottom left, speaks during a protest of people waiting in Mexico as they hope to apply for asylum, May 19, 2022, in Tijuana, Mexico. The Supreme Court has ruled that the Biden administration properly ended a Trump-era policy forcing some U.S. asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico. The justices’ 5-4 decision for the administration came in a case about the “Remain in Mexico” policy under President Donald Trump.
Border officials returned Carlos and Oscar to Mexico under the Trump-era Remain in Mexico program, that forced asylum seekers to wait out their cases in Mexico - a policy criticized for returning migrants into a situation that would further their desperation and make them vulnerable to organized crime.
“I thought ‘oh my God’ what have I gotten myself into?” Carlos said. He worked for several weeks, quietly taking photos and making note of the cartel’s operations. He had a final asylum hearing scheduled for March 2020 - early days of the pandemic, when the Trump administration closed the border and implemented another major barrier for asylum seekers: Title 42.
“The situation in Mexico is precarious, you have no idea, not being from there everybody wants to take money from you, everyone wants to kidnap you,” he said. “And then having a kid with you, you can’t imagine.”How Biden limited use of 'Remain in Mexico' border policy before Supreme Court ruling “The Remain in Mexico program, there are very few things that have been as damaging for my clients than that,” said Sabrina Talukder, director of the Sunita Jain Anti-Trafficking Policy Initiative at Loyola Marymount University, who has also represented trafficking survivors. “Essentially, they've created thousands of people that are just sitting ducks, desperate and so easy to exploit,” she said.
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