Sen. Alex Padilla during a Senate hearing Tuesday addressed some of the most pressing issues raised by immigrant and human rights advocates in recent weeks, including the possible court-ordered return of the previous administration’s inhumane Remain in Mexico policy, and unchecked abuses within federal immigration agencies. The hearing, titled Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, featured Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “I wanted to start with a couple of acknowledgments beginning with—I was glad to see that you issued a new memo to terminate the Migration Protection Protocols, also known as MPP, in late October about a month ago,” Padilla said. The new memo, authored by Mayorkas, noted the policy “had endemic flaws” and “imposed unjustifiable human costs.” Padilla said that while he understood “MPP cannot be terminated until the Texas court injunction is vacated, I’ve heard from many stakeholders along the border that there’s no way to humanize MPP.” Read more