Top GOP 2024 candidates rally around key Trump-era immigration policy nixed by Biden admin
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Top 2024 Republican presidential candidates are backing the Trump-era Remain-in-Mexico policy, calling for its return if a Republican enters the White House in 2025.
The program saw migrants returned to Mexico for the duration of their immigration hearings rather than released into the U.S. — a process dubbed "catch-and-release." It resulted in tent courts being set up along the southern border, and nearly 70,000 migrants returned under the program. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
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Proponents hailed the program as a success, arguing that by not releasing migrants into the U.S., it reduced the pull factors bringing them north while also cutting down on fraudulent asylum claims. Critics called the policy cruel and pointed to camps that sprang up in Mexico where migrants were at risk of kidnapping and violence.