This bill would require the government to send asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border back to Mexico while they wait for their court hearings. It locks in a 2019 policy memo as the permanent rulebook and overrides any other laws that might conflict.
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REMAIN in Mexico Act of 2025 is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Latest action on H.R. 273: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Who this affects: This bill mainly affects people who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border to ask for asylum or other protections. It also affects how DHS processes and manages people at the border, and it has implications for communities on both sides of the border.
Why this matters: Right now, the government can choose whether or not to use the Remain in Mexico policy. This bill would take that choice away and make it a legal requirement. That matters because it decides where thousands of asylum seekers physically wait — in the U.S. or in Mexico — while their cases work through immigration courts that are already backlogged. It also locks in a specific set of rules from 2019, which means the government could not update or adjust the program without passing a new law.
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