Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
Published on: 13 Jan, 2021

Migrants/US/Mexico

Published on: 28 January, 2021

Joe Biden pledged to end ‘Remain In Mexico’ on day one of his presidency — the notorious program that President Trump had begun, in which US asylum seekers from various countries had to wait in Mexico between their court hearings. That has meant that many have been stuck in shelters in dangerous Mexican border towns for months or years while they wait for their cases to be resolved. Aljazeera meets asylum seekers in that situation to hear their hopes for the future under a new administration.