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A Texas federal judge on Thursday ruled for a second time that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security can’t end a Trump administration program that forced asylum seekers to wait outside the country while their claims are resolved.

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Two weeks after a federal judge allowed the Biden administration to end the Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols, U.S. judges are beginning to allow migrants to stay in the country as their asylum claims are pending.

SAN DIEGO — Moments after his immigration case was heard Wednesday, a 51-year-old Cuban asylum seeker sat on a bench in the back of the courtroom and wept openly.

On Monday night, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it ended the Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for immigration hearings, continuing a legal battle with Texas.

The agency announced late Monday that it will end the Trump-era program, which forced asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases are pending, after a Texas federal judge lifted an injunction

The Biden administration will halt the use of a Trump-era policy that forced migrants seeking asylum to remain in Mexico, after a Supreme Court ruling said the government could unwind the program, according to two U.S. officials.

The program "has endemic flaws, imposes unjustifiable human costs," DHS said in a statement.

Advocates are increasing pressure on the administration to start unwinding the “Remain in Mexico” policy.