In a 5-4 ruling, the justices announced Thursday morning that the Migrant Protection Protocols policy, better known “remain in Mexico,” can end under the Biden Administration.

The first wave of an estimated 25,000 asylum-seekers with active cases in the “Remain in Mexico" program will be allowed into the United States on Feb. 19, authorities said. They plan to start slowly, with two border crossings each processing up to 300 people a day and a third crossing taking fewer numbers. Since then, some asylum-seekers picked up at the border have been released in the U.S. with notices to appear in court. Court hearings for people enrolled in “Remain in Mexico” have been suspended since June because of the pandemic. The U.N. migration agency's Mexico director, Dana Graber Ladek, said last month that it would seek to inform and support asylum-seekers on any changes in the “Remain in Mexico” policy.

LAREDO, Texas – Set up immediately next to International Bridge 1 in Laredo, a new 50,000-square-foot tent facility is part of a controversial immigration program, the Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as “Remain in Mexico.”The temporary facility is filled with benches and portable rooms. Immigrants sit through hearings with judges who can dial in with video conferencing from San Antonio and elsewhere. Though they will attend hearings at the temporary facility, the immigrants, most of whom are seeking asylum, will remain in Mexico while their cases are ongoing. Laredo is one of two tent facilities operating under the MPP. Citizenship and Immigration Services when he and other DHS officials were asked about the danger during a tour of the Laredo facility.