Migration Protection Protocols have been expanded to California’s Calexico port of entry.
Homeland Security officials said Tuesday they have sent 240 migrants back to Mexico since January under an experimental new policy that requires Central American asylum seekers to wait outside U.S. territory while their asylum claims are processed.
A small number of migrants who were arrested for crossing illegally between U.S. ports of entry in the San Diego area also have been returned to Mexico under MPP, DHS officials said. More than 76,000 authorized migrants were taken into custody last month, led by a record number of migrant families. DHS officials say they are implementing the MPP program slowly and cautiously to make sure they do not overwhelm the Mexican border cities that receive them.“The numbers so far have been very low,” one DHS official told reporters. “We anticipate that as we grow and expand the program along the southern border, they will grow exponentially.
DHS officials have said they plan to implement MPP in the El Paso area next, without providing a timeline.
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