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...A federal appeals court on Friday slapped a temporary halt on the Remain-in-Mexico policy - one of the most effective Trump administration policies in halting last year's crisis at the southern border.
...The policy, which was established in January expanded over the summer amid greater cooperation with Mexico, returns migrants to Mexico as they await their hearings, with courtrooms set up at key border points in places such as Laredo and Brownsville, Texas.
...While critics said MPP was cruel and placed migrants in danger of violence by returning them to the country, it was identified as ending a key "Pull factor" in why migrants were flooding the border - namely that they would be letter into the interior of the U.S. if they reached the border.
..."The importance of MPP can't be stated enough, it is what's allowed us to take control of the crisis that we saw in April and May. The idea is to make sure we process individuals in a timely manner but make sure they wait south of the border," Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf told Fox News in November.
...Wolf warned then that a ruling by the Ninth Circuit could have a dire effect on the U.S. effort to regain control of its southern border, and hurt efforts of law enforcement on the ground trying to enforce the law.
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