The Trump Administration Again Is Considering Ways To Force People To Wait In Mexico

The Trump Administration Again Is Considering Ways To Force People To Wait In Mexico For Their Immigration Cases

Posted on November 16, 2018, at 4:11 p.m. ET

US immigration officials met this week to discuss a proposal to send those who arrive at the US–Mexico border to Mexico while their immigration cases are being processed in the United States, according to sources close to the administration.

The meeting, which included officials from US Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and US Customs and Border Protection, was meant so officials could consider a potential regulation that would apply immediately to individuals at the US–Mexico border, including asylum applicants.

Such a proposal would forgo the normally deliberative system that allows for public comment before a new rule is implemented. The ACLU recently sued the administration for following such a process when it instituted major changes to asylum applications at the border.

Piper Jones