Chicago immigration leaders cheered when the Supreme Court gave the green light to the Biden administration to end Trump's ‘Remain in Mexico’ immigration policy. But they cautioned that it changed little for those migrants already living at the border.
A woman from Honduras waits in a shelter for migrants on May 23, 2022, in Tijuana, Mexico. The woman is waiting in Mexico while her case for asylum in the United States goes through the process.
So on Thursday, Chicago immigration leaders cheered when the Supreme Court gave the green light to the Biden administration to end the policy. But they cautioned that it changed little for those migrants already living at the border.It’s unclear if the Biden administration will end the program immediately or wait for the lower court to rule.
A handful of protesters including Julie Contreras of Waukegan, left, and activist Emma Lozano rally outside Genesee Theatre for justice and immigration reform in Waukegan in 2018. Since the reimplementation of the policy in November 2021, at least an additional 4,076 asylum-seekers have been enrolled in the program, according to the latest Customs and Border Protection data. The majority of asylum-seekers who were placed in program and awaited at the border hailed from Central American countries and the Caribbean.
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