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This program established in the legislature of former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) was one of the most controversial adopted by the president, establishing that migrants who wanted to enter the United States had to wait for the resolution of bureaucratic procedures from Mexico. This situation caused great migratory chaos and violations of the basic rights of migrants.
Mexico terminated one of the most controversial immigration programs in history, the ‘Stay in Mexico’ (‘Remain in Mexico’ in English) promoted by the Donald Trump administration. This mandate forced migrants from the south who wanted to enter the United States to wait in Mexico until their case was resolved.
The Mexican Foreign Ministry stated in a statement that this measure was adopted unilaterally by the Trump administration and that, for this reason, it was proceeding to eliminate it.
This program, according to the figures handled by the International Rescue Committee, could have affected some 75,000 people since the year 2019 when it was launched, most of them Haitian and Venezuelan migrants fleeing poverty and extreme insecurity. and that, in many cases, this rule was their last insurmountable impediment before being able to reach the United States.
The program created a situation of poor conditions for migrants
During these years, the northern Mexican border has experienced unfortunate episodes derived from this rule, such as the inhuman conditions of overcrowding that these thousands of people lived in as a result of the fact that the shelters in northern Mexico were not able to serve such a large number of migrants.
Numerous international organizations have denounced during this time that the ‘Stay in Mexico’ launched by Donald Trump violated the right of asylum that all human beings have.
This decision by Mexico comes after the United States Department of Homeland Security also terminated the program on August 8 after the United States Supreme Court indicated its illegality on June 30 after a series of delays and appeals that prevented its cancellation previously.
With Reuters and EFE
