U.S. faces deadline to reinstate 'remain in Mexico' border program

FILE PHOTO: A migrant boy, an asylum seeker sent back to Mexico from the U.S. under the "Remain in Mexico" program officially named Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), is seen near two members of the Mexican National Guard at a provisional campsite near the Rio Bravo in Matamoros, Mexico February 27, 2020. Picture taken February 27, 2020. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States faces a court-ordered deadline this weekend to resume a controversial immigration program that forced tens of thousands of migrants to wait in Mexico for the resolution of their U.S. asylum cases.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals late on Thursday denied a request by President Joe Biden's administration to delay the effective date of a lower court judge's ruling a week earlier https://www.reuters.com/world/us/court-orders-biden-reinstate-trumps-remain-mexico-policy-2021-08-14 ordering the program restarted by Saturday.