August 16, 2021
A Texas federal judge ordered the Biden administration to reinstate the Trump-era policy that forced asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for their immigration court hearings, finding that the policy was illegally rolled back without considering the program's benefits.
June 28, 2021
The Biden administration asked a Texas federal judge Friday to reject Texas and Missouri's bid to immediately revive the Migrant Protection Protocols, arguing they didn't demonstrate they'd be harmed by the rollback of the Trump-era policy forcing asylum-seekers to leave the United States and wait in Mexico while their asylum claims are processed.
April 13, 2021
Texas and Missouri Attorneys General Ken Paxton and Eric Schmitt sued the Biden administration on Tuesday, seeking to reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols, a Trump administration policy that forced migrants to wait in Mexico for their immigration court hearings.