ON FOX FIRST: A bill to restore the Trump era “Stay in Mexico” The policy, recently introduced in the House of Representatives, is attracting co-sponsors as it becomes the latest immigration bill to gain bipartisan support in the House.
Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, a freshman lawmaker, introduced the Remain in Mexico Act this month.
The bill would require the Department of Homeland Security to reinstate migrant protection protocols, which were introduced during the first Trump administration and required migrants to wait in Mexico while their asylum cases were processed, as part of an effort to end the practice known as ‘ catch and release’. The protocols were scrapped by the Biden administration, which claimed they were cruel and ineffective.
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Then-President Donald Trump, left, speaks with U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott as they participate in a ceremony commemorating the 200th mile of border wall on the international border with Mexico in San Luis, Arizona, on June 23, 2020. (SAUL LOEB/AFP)
President Donald Trump has signed an order demanding the protocols be reinstated, but codifying the policy into federal law would make it significantly harder for critics to then revoke it under another administration.
But now that the bill is before Congress, it has already received more than 100 co-sponsors, Fox News Digital is told. That includes two Democrats, Rep. Marie Glusenkamp Perez, D-Wash., and Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine.
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“I am overwhelmed with gratitude that more than a hundred of my colleagues have expressed support for my REMAIN in Mexico Act, which codifies President Trump’s executive border action into law,” Gill said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
President Donald Trump has made securing the southern borders a top priority of his administration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci | Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“The tides are changing under President Trump – Congress knows we must strengthen our national security, prevent fraudulent asylum claims and put our citizens first,” he said.
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The bill is one of a number of pieces of immigration legislation introduced, with increasing signs of support from Democrats after a year in which illegal immigration was a top issue for voters and left Republicans in control of the House, Senate and White House.
The House of Representatives approved the proposal on Wednesday evening Laken Riley Lawwhich requires the detention of illegal immigrants accused of theft-related crimes. It had previously been passed by the Senate. In the House of Representatives, 46 Democrats voted in favor.
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The House is expected to be active on the issue of illegal immigration, following a wave of orders coming from the White House. Those orders include declaring a national emergency at the border, sending troops to the border and canceling a slew of Biden-era parole programs.
