The Biden administration will soon begin allowing migrants waiting in Mexico while their asylum cases are processed to enter the country, in the latest reversal of the Trump administration’s immigration policy.

Starting next Friday, the Department of Homeland Security will begin to phase in a program to admit migrants with active cases, undermining the previous administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, officials said.

Under the previous policy, asylum seekers were forced to stay in Mexico while awaiting US proceedings.

“This latest action is another step in our commitment to reform immigration policies that do not align with our nation’s values,” DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement.

The newly confirmed secretary said the change does not mean the border is open to all migrants, adding that COVID-19 restrictions are in place.

“This announcement should not be interpreted as an opening for people to migrate irregularly to the United States,” the release stated, adding that only those with active cases will be allowed at designated times.

“We will continue to enforce US immigration law and border security measures throughout this process,” it continues.

Approximately 25,000 individuals have active cases, the agency said. Priority will be given to those who are most vulnerable and those who have waited longest.

As a candidate, President Biden vowed to re-establish the US’ “humanitarian” policies, but insisted on slow reform after being elected, to avoid triggering a rush of “2 million people on our border.”

News of the policy change comes a day after White House press secretary Jen Psaki struggled to answer how the administration was working to dispel the belief among migrants that the US border is open, instead shifting focus to the administration’s “moral and humane” immigration policy, amid a nearly 100 percent surge of illegal crossings.

“We continue to convey that this is not the time to come [to the United States]. The president is committed to putting in place, in partnership with our Department of Homeland Security, a moral and a humane process for processing people at the border, but that capacity is limited right now and it means we’re just not equipped to process people at the pace that we would like to,” Psaki said Thursday.

On Wednesday, a Border Patrol report revealed that the number of migrants apprehended at the border in the month of January more than doubled from the year before.

The Biden administration erected a 160,000-square-foot tent city to deal with the surge in Texas.