The departments of Homeland Security and Justice plan to restart hearings for migrants forced to wait in Mexico as they seek asylum in the US, the agencies announced, once health and safety criteria amid the coronavirus pandemic are met.
The controversial program -- officially known as the Migrant Protection Protocols -- requires migrants to wait in Mexico for the duration of their immigration hearings. It has resulted in the creation of makeshift camps where hundreds of migrants have waited for weeks, if not months, in squalid and unsafe conditions.
Read MoreCriteria includes states moving into new phases of reopening and lowering of global health advisories.The administration's policy faced legal challenges since its implementation in January 2019, ultimately landing before the US Supreme Court.In March, the high court said the policy can stay in effect while challenges in the lower courts play out, marking a victory for the Trump administration, which has increasingly relied on the program since its implementation.
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