U.S. Plans To Enforce 'Remain In Mexico' Policy On Central American Asylum-Seekers
The plan, expected to meet with a swift legal challenge, comes out of talks with Mexican officials. The administration plans to roll it out first at the San Ysidro, Calif., port of entry.
The Trump administration plans to require asylum-seekers, mainly from Central America, to remain in Mexico while their legal proceedings are conducted in the U.S. court system.
The new policy, which has yet to be officially announced, will be rolled out on Friday at San Diego's San Ysidro border crossing, the. The plan, coming out of talks with Mexican officials, is to bus asylum-seekers back and forth from Tijuana, Mexico, to a courthouse in downtown San Diego. The administration plans to eventually implement the policy at other border crossings.
