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Migrant Protection Protocols

The formal program requiring asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while their U.S. immigration cases are processed. Human rights organizations have extensively documented the violence faced by individuals returned under MPP.

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Updated July 15, 2025 Deportation & Immigration
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing Official executive action

Reimposition of 'Remain in Mexico' Migrant Protection Protocols

The administration reinstated 'Remain in Mexico,' forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexican cities that the US State Department itself rates as 'Level 4: Do Not Travel' due to kidnapping and violence. …

  • DHS reinstated MPP on January 21, 2025, forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexican border cities while their cases are processed in US …
  • MSF documented that in one border city, 75% of MPP patients had been kidnapped while waiting in Mexico under the policy.
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