February 09, 2026
Texas and Missouri claimed they have standing to challenge a Biden-era decision to do away with the "Remain in Mexico" policy, telling a Texas federal judge Friday that vacatur of the last administration's decision is appropriate even though the Trump administration reinstated the policy.
January 24, 2025
The states of Texas and Missouri and the U.S. federal government must submit joint briefing regarding what comes next for their legal dispute over the Biden-era rescission of a program requiring asylum-seekers to stay in Mexico while their immigration claims are processed, a Texas federal judge has determined a day after the program's reinstatement.
September 18, 2023
Texas and Missouri and the federal government filed dueling briefs in the Lone Star State's federal court Friday, with each party seeking a win on the states' challenge to the Biden administration's rescission of a Trump-era program requiring asylum-seekers to stay in Mexico while their immigration claims are processed.
December 15, 2022
A Texas federal judge on Thursday put the brakes on the Biden administration's plan to end a Trump-era program requiring asylum-seekers to stay in Mexico while their immigration claims are processed, agreeing with Texas and Missouri that there are still issues with the underlying termination order.
September 12, 2022
Texas and Missouri are pushing to revive a Trump-era program requiring asylum-seekers to stay in Mexico while their immigration claims are processed, telling a federal court it should retroactively stay the program's repeal due to issues with the underlying termination order.
December 02, 2021
A Trump-era program that forced migrants to wait in Mexico during their immigration court cases will restart Dec. 6, the U.S. and Mexican governments announced Thursday, noting they had ironed out disagreements that had delayed a court-ordered reboot of the policy.
November 19, 2021
A Texas federal judge refused to expedite the federal government's reimplementation of a Trump-era program requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico, saying the government has clearly documented its efforts to reinstate the program formally known as the Migrant Protection Protocols.
October 15, 2021
The Biden administration told a Texas federal judge Thursday that if Mexico agrees, the U.S. will be ready to restart the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy by mid-November, unleashing a storm of protest from human rights advocates warning that the policy will lead to "immense human suffering."
September 24, 2021
Texas and Missouri have blasted the Biden administration's delays in complying with a court order to restart a Trump-era program requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico, saying the government need not hash out an agreement with Mexico before reinstating the policy.
September 16, 2021
The Biden administration told a Texas federal judge that due to ongoing negotiations with Mexico, it is not yet able to implement his order to restart a Trump-era program requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases are processed.