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Non-Mexican Migrants Awaiting US Hearing Must Stay in Mexico—for Now

Asylum seekers in limbo at the US-Mexico border.Michael Nigro/Sipa USA/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The Supreme Court ruled last week, in the final case of its term, that the Biden administration may rescind the Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). Known…

Trump Sent Asylum Seekers Back Into “the Depths of Hell”

Gendarmes patrol Omar Bongo Square in southwestern Cameroon.Marco Longari/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In August 2019, I wrote an article for the now-defunct Pacific Standard magazine about Martin, an asylum seeker from Cameroon who was denied protection by the United States…