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DHS Reinstates Migrant Protection Protocols, Allowing Officials to Return Applicants to Neighboring Countries

Excerpt:  “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) made the following announcement regarding restarting the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) immediately. On January 25, 2019, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen issued Policy Guidance for Implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols (the MPP Policy). The MPP Policy is an exercise of the authority granted to DHS pursuant to Section 235(b)(2)(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). That authority permits the Secretary of DHS to return certain applicants for admission to the adjoining country from which they are arriving pending the completion of removal proceedings pursuant to Section 240 of the INA. … The situation at the border has changed and the facts on the ground are favorable to resuming implementation of the 2019 MPP Policy.”