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Policy Guidance for Implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols

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CountryUnited States
Operative dateJanuary 25, 2019
CategoryRemoval or readmission
Policy toolEnforcement
Affected groupNew applicants

Policy effect

Implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), requiring certain non-Mexican nationals arriving by land from Mexico to be returned to Mexico pending their removal proceedings.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

Protocols (MPP), will begin implementation of Section 235(b)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) on a large-scale basis to address the migration crisis along our southern border. In 1996, Congress added Section 235(b)(2)(C) to the INA. This statutory authority allows the Secretary of Homeland Security to return certain applicants for admission to the contiguous country from which they are arriving on land (whether or not at a designated port of entry) pending removal proceedings under Section 240 of the INA. Consistent with the MPP, citizens and nationals of countries other than … Mexico ("third-country nationals") arriving in the United States by land from Mexico-illegally or without proper documentation-may be returned to Mexico pursuant to Section 235(b)(2)(C) for the duration of their Section 240 removal proceedings. Section 235(b)(2)(C) and the MPP The United States issued the following statement on December 20, 2018, regarding implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols: [T]he United States will begin the process of implementing Section 235(b)(2)(C) .. . with respect to non-Mexican nationals who may be arriving on land (whether or not at a designated port …
dhs.govdhs.gov. Policy Guidance for Implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols.; DHS Policy Memorandum / 84 FR 6811Open official source
Retrieved from https://dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/19_0129_OPA_migrant-protection-protocols-policy-guidance.pdf

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