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MI HR0283
Resolution
Status
6/18/2024
Primary Sponsor
Bill Schuette
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AI Summary
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Urges the President to reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols (Remain in Mexico program), which returns migrants and asylum-seekers to Mexico to await U.S. immigration court proceedings.
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The Remain in Mexico program operated from January 2019 to August 2022 under the Trump Administration using authority under section 235(b)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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President Biden suspended new enrollments in January 2021, terminated the program on June 1, 2021, and stopped reimplementation despite a federal district court stay in December 2022.
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Cites dramatic decreases in southwest border apprehensions when the program was fully implemented in June 2019, contrasting with over 2 million migrant encounters in fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
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Calls for reinstatement to secure the southern border, address resource constraints that force mass release of migrants on humanitarian parole, and stop drug trafficking from Mexican cartels.
Legislative Description
A resolution to urge the President of the United States to reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as the Remain in Mexico program, for processing migrants, including asylum-seekers, attempting to enter the United States from Mexico.
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Government Operations
6/18/2024