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The president temporarily canceled the CBP One app, which allowed immigrants to schedule appointments to enter the United States, potentially turning away tens of thousands of immigrants.
By Hamed Aleaziz and Paulina Villegas
Hamed Aleaziz reported from Washington and Paulina Villegas from Tijuana, Mexico.
The Trump administration on Monday ended a government program created by the Biden administration to allow immigrants to use an app to download an appointment to enter the United States through legal ports of entry, marking the beginning of the repression promised by President Trump in the south. of the country. edge.
Moments after Trump was sworn in, an announcement posted on CBP One’s online page said the app would no longer work and that “existing appointments have been cancelled. “
The program, which began in early 2023, has allowed 1,450 immigrants per day to schedule a time to present themselves at a port of access and apply for asylum in U. S. immigration courts. U. S. More than 900,000 immigrants have entered the country through the app since its launch in early 2023. until the end of 2024.
A former Department of Homeland Security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said about 30,000 immigrants had appointments to enter the U. S. on the app as of Monday morning.
At the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, dozens of migrants staring at their phone screens to check if their appointments were still valid received the heartbreaking message that they no longer existed.
“I am in shock,” said Maura Hernandez, who received the news on Monday morning as she arrived in Tijuana with her four small children from the state of Michoacán. She had a scheduled appointment on Tuesday.
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