First migrants returned under 'Remain in Mexico' policy
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U.S. authorities have sent the first two migrants back to Mexico under the reinstated “Remain in Mexico” policy
MEXICO CITY -- U.S. authorities sent the first two migrants back to Mexico on Wednesday under the reinstated “Remain in Mexico” policy.
The Trump-era policy makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court.
The U.N. International Organization for Migration said the two migrants were sent to Mexico over a bridge in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. The U.N. agency did not provide the nationalities of the two.
The two were greeted by Mexican officials who provided them with documents, and U.N. officials gave them coronavirus tests and took them to a shelter. Mexico says the U.S. government has agreed to vaccinate all migrants returned under the program.
