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The Supreme Court refused to block a ruling that would require reinstatement of a Trump-era policy forcing some asylum seekers to await approval in Mexico.

Tuesday, August 24, 2021 8:23 PM EST

The program, known commonly as Remain in Mexico and formally as the Migrant Protection Protocols, applies to people who left a third country and traveled through Mexico to reach the U.S. border.

After the policy was put in place at the beginning of 2019, tens of thousands of people waited for immigration hearings in unsanitary tent encampments exposed to the elements.

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