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Original Date Announced
January 20, 2025Section 6 of Executive Order (EO) "Securing Our Borders" directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, as soon as practicable, to work with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General to "take all appropriate action to resume the Migrant Protection Protocols [MPP or "Remain in Mexico" program] in all sectors along the southern border and ensure that, pending removal proceedings, aliens described in section 235(b)(2)(C) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(2)(C)) are returned to the territory from which they came."
Trump 2.0 [ID # 1417]
2025.01.20 EO 14165 - Securing Our Borders -
Effective Date
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Subsequent Trump and Court Action(s)
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January 27, 2025
2025.01.27 EOIR PM 25-05
EOIR Acting Director Sirce Owen issued Policy Memorandum (PM) 25-05 rescinding and cancelling Biden-era PM 21-26, which provided guidance to immigration judges and the BIA on adjudicating Motions to Reopen for respondents who had been placed in the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). PM 25-05 states that PM 21-26 "no longer accurately represents the policy of the Executive Branch, including DHS and DOJ," after DHS resumed MPP on January 21, 2025, in response to the directive in President Trump's "Securing Our Borders" EO.
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January 31, 2025
2025.01.31 Texas v. Biden Joint Brief on Reinstatement of Migrant Protection Protocols
In light of MPP's reinstatement, the parties in Texas v. Biden filed a joint brief requesting "the court hold this case in abeyance for 180 days while incoming leadership" at DHS "assess[] this case and how to proceed." Notably, this filing represents to the court that MPP will within 180 days "be operational." Texas v. Biden, No. 2:21-cv-00067-Z (N.D. Tex.).
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February 11, 2025
2025.02.11 Immigrant Defenders Law Center, et al. v. Kristi Noem, et al. Complaint
Plaintiff Immigrant Defenders Law Center filed an emergency motion to stay reimplementation of the 2019 Migrant Protection Protocols pending the lawsuit's conclusion. The case challenges unlawful implementation of the policy, which the Trump administration says has "immediately" resumed. Immigrant Defenders Law Center v. Kristi Noem, 2:20-cv-09893-JGB-SHK (C.D. Cal.).
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January 27, 2025
Current Status
NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Associated or Derivative Policies
- December 20, 2018 DHS promulgates the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)
- January 20, 2025 EO 14165: "Securing Our Borders"
Pre Trump-Era Policies
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June 24, 2021
June 24, 2021 EOIR Policy Memorandum (PM) 12-16 on "Migrant Protection Protocols and Motions to Reopen."
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October 21, 2021
DHS explanation of the decision to terminate the Migrant Protection Protocols.
2021.10.29 Explanation of the Decision to Terminate the Migrant Protection Protocols -
October 29, 2021
DHS Memorandum terminating the Migrant Protection Protocols.
2021.10.29 Termination of the Migrant Protection Protocols
Documents
Trump-Era Policy Documents
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