Remain In Mexico: Will The Supreme Court Let Biden End Trump's Asylum Policy?

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

Politics, Daily News, News

4.5 • 24.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The Biden administration has repeatedly tried to end the policy, which requires migrants making an asylum claim in the U.S. to reside in Mexico until their immigration court date, only to be forced to reinstate it by the courts. Now, the Supreme Court will consider the president's powers on the issue.

Also before the court: a public high school football coach in Washington was not rehired to his job after he chose to lead prayers on the field with his players. He later sued the school. The case is one of many religious freedom cases before a court that recently rules in favor of the expression of religion.

This episode: voting reporter Miles Parks, immigration correspondent Joel Rose, legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg, and national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.

Support the show and unlock sponsor-free listening with a subscription to The NPR Politics Podcast Plus. Learn more at plus.npr.org/politics

Connect:
Email the show at [email protected]
Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.
Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.
Find and support your local public radio station.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi, this is Miss Waterings for a Skade class, and then we're called a battle.
0:10.0	This podcast was recorded at...
0:16.0	2.14 pm on April 20th, 2022.
0:21.0	Things might have changed by the time you hear it. Okay, here's the show.
0:35.0	Impressive. I want to hug them all.
0:38.0	A virtual hug, audio hug.
0:40.0	How many takes do you think it took them to get there?
0:42.0	I think the teacher was conducting it had to be.
0:45.0	Still half a day, at least. I feel like...
0:47.0	Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast. I'm Miles Parks, I cover voting.
0:51.0	I'm Nina Tottenberg, I cover the courts.
0:53.0	And next week, two substantial cases before the Supreme Court.
0:57.0	The first concerns the so-called remain in Mexico policy for people seeking asylum in the United States.
1:03.0	And the second is about school prayer and religious freedom.
1:06.0	We're going to start now with the first one, this remain in Mexico policy.
1:09.0	And talk through it, we brought in MPR's Joel Rose, who covers immigration.
1:13.0	Hey Joel. Hey Miles.
1:14.0	So can you just explain what this policy, this remain in Mexico policy is?
1:19.0	Yeah, it is officially known as the Migrant Protection Protocols, but more often referred to as remain in Mexico.
1:25.0	It was put in place back in 2019 when the Trump administration was facing an influx of migrants at the U.S. Mexico border.
1:32.0	And this policy forced some of those migrants to wait outside of the U.S. for their hearings in U.S. courts.
1:37.0	Almost 70,000 in all under the Trump administration.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.