The Washington Post reported late on Wednesday that the U.S. and Mexican governments have reached an agreement to restore the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" program for asylum seekers.
The migrants and asylum seekers are in Baja California state, Mexico.
The images are from the same source.
The two governments will announce the agreement on Thursday, according to the Washington Post.
The program will go into effect next week in San Diego, California, and the Texas cities of El Paso, and Brownsville, according to the report.
The shots for coronaviruses will not be mandatory for asylum seekers placed in the program.
The MPP program will initially be focused on single-adult asylum seekers.
Despite being ordered to restore the plan by a federal court, the Biden administration is still trying to roll it back. In October, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that MPP had "endemic flaws, imposed unjustifiable human costs, pulled resources and personnel away from other priority efforts, and did not address the root causes of irregular migration."
The key background.
After taking office, President Joe Biden quickly scrapped the Trump-era MPP. The decision was immediately opposed by Republican leaders in Texas and Missouri who brought the issue to a federal court. The federal government was ordered to restart the program by the federal court. The Supreme Court upheld the decision and forced the U.S. officials to negotiate a new agreement with Mexico. The Mexican government had previously said that it would not follow any court decisions in the US.
The U.S. and Mexico have a deal to restart the Trump-era program.
Biden is restarting Trump's "Remain in Mexico" policy.
