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The Biden administration may end 'Remain in Mexico' policy, Supreme¹ Court rules

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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Biden administration was within its rights when it ended the Trump³-era immigration and asylum⁴ policy known as "Remain in Mexico."

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

All right. Now, to dig into the ruling on the Biden vs. Texas case over the administration's decision to roll back the Trump-era migrant protection protocol⁵ that's also known as Remain in Mexico policy, I'm joined by NPR correspondent Joel Rose, who covers immigration. Joel, quickly reset⁶ for us the Remain in Mexico policy.

JOEL ROSE, BYLINE⁷: Sure. This policy forces some migrants to wait outside of the U.S. for their hearings in immigration courts. It was created by the Trump administration, and about 17,000 migrants in all were sent back under former President Trump. Immigrant advocates said that the policy put many of those asylum-seekers in danger in border towns and squalid camps. President Biden called the policy inhumane, and his administration tried to end Remain in Mexico. But the states of Texas and Missouri sued to block that from happening. With a record number of border apprehensions⁸ last year, they argued it was necessary to deter⁹ migrants from coming. And a judge in Texas, you know, who was appointed by former President Trump, sided with the states, ordered the Biden administration to reinstate the policy. The Biden administration's Department of Homeland Security says it is implementing¹⁰ the policy in good faith, although on a much smaller scale than the Trump administration did.

MART?NEZ: OK. And what did the court rule here?

ROSE: A majority of the justices said the Biden administration is within its rights - was within its rights when it ended Remain in Mexico. The 5-4 opinion written for the majority by Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by the court's three liberals and Justice Brett Kavanaugh - the majority here rejected the argument that was made by the states of Texas and Missouri. Those states had argued that because the Biden administration does not have enough detention¹¹ capacity to detain all of the migrants who were crossing the border, that it should therefore be required to return some of them to Mexico, instead of releasing them into the U.S. to wait for their immigration court hearings inside the U.S.

And the Biden administration said, look, no previous administration had enough detention capacity to detain all migrants crossing the border, and none of them had interpreted the law this way, not even the Trump administration. You know, the Biden Justice Department argued that states in this case were essentially¹² meddling¹³ in foreign policy by forcing the administration to negotiate with the government of Mexico to restart the Remain in Mexico program. And the majority of the Supreme Court said basically that that interpretation¹⁴ is wrong, that the administration can - sorry - the administration may return migrants to other countries, but it is not required to do that.

MART?NEZ: What about the dissent¹⁵? What does it say?

ROSE: Justice Samuel Alito wrote one dissent, joined by Justices Thomas and Gorsuch, and they made clear that they really sided with the states' interpretation here. They argue that Congress really did intend for all migrants to be detained pending¹⁶ their immigration proceedings¹⁷ or else return to Mexico. They, you know, made very clear that they would have, you know, sided with the states on this.

MART?NEZ: Joel, I know that President Biden tried to end Remain in Mexico pretty early on in his administration or in his term. Is he going to be able to end it right away?

ROSE: No, it's not going to be instant. The case has been sent back to the federal court judge in the northern district of Texas for further proceedings, which likely means a lot of further litigation around some of the details before this injunction is actually lifted. So, you know, it could be weeks. It could even be months before the Biden administration can, you know, formally end Remain in Mexico again.

MART?NEZ: Technically¹⁸, though, it's a win for President Biden, Joel. He is facing lots of other legal challenges to his immigration policies. What does this case now mean for them?

ROSE: Well, I think the administration and immigrant advocates hope, you know, that the legal reasoning in this majority opinion will help them in these other cases. You know, Texas and other conservative states have brought a number of legal challenges to Biden's immigration policies, you know, and they've won in federal courts. And, you know, maybe this decision, they hope - the Biden administration hopes will allow them to revisit some of those decisions.

MART?NEZ: NPR's Joel Rose and Nina Totenberg. Thanks, you two.

ROSE: You bet.

1 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

4 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

5 protocol   

n.议定书，草约，会谈记录，外交礼节

参考例句：

• We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
• The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。

6 reset   

v.重新安排，复位；n.重新放置；重放之物

参考例句：

• As soon as you arrive at your destination,step out of the aircraft and reset your wristwatch.你一到达目的地，就走出飞机并重新设置手表时间。
• He is recovering from an operation to reset his arm.他做了一个手臂复位手术，正在恢复。

7 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

8 apprehensions   

疑惧

参考例句：

• He stood in a mixture of desire and apprehensions. 他怀着渴望和恐惧交加的心情伫立着。
• But subsequent cases have removed many of these apprehensions. 然而，随后的案例又消除了许多类似的忧虑。

9 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。

10 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句

11 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

12 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

13 meddling   

v.干涉，干预（他人事务）( meddle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He denounced all "meddling" attempts to promote a negotiation. 他斥责了一切“干预”促成谈判的企图。 来自辞典例句
• They liked this field because it was never visited by meddling strangers. 她们喜欢这块田野，因为好事的陌生人从来不到那里去。 来自辞典例句

14 interpretation   

n.解释，说明，描述；艺术处理

参考例句：

• His statement admits of one interpretation only.他的话只有一种解释。
• Analysis and interpretation is a very personal thing.分析与说明是个很主观的事情。

15 dissent   

n./v.不同意，持异议

参考例句：

• It is too late now to make any dissent.现在提出异议太晚了。
• He felt her shoulders gave a wriggle of dissent.他感到她的肩膀因为不同意而动了一下。

16 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

17 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

18 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。