Migrants in Mexico who were hoping to come to the U.S. are adjusting to a new and uncertain reality after President Donald Trump began cracking down on border security.
SAN DIEGO — Migrants waiting to enter the US using former Joe Biden’s CBP One app broke down in tears after their appointments were canceled the moment President Trump took office Monday – just the first of the sweeping border actions the new administration prepared for the first day.
CBP One was launched in 2020, allowing foreign vendors to schedule cargo inspections. In 2023 the Biden administration expanded its functions to include unauthorized migrants seeking asylum. This Monday,
Just hours after the inauguration, migrants with CBP One appointments along the U.S.-Mexico border learned that all CBP One appointments were canceled.
As countless asylum hearing appointments were canceled Monday, those who had already trekked across the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on the day Trump was inaugurated underwent three-hours of processing before making their their way to shelters and other temporary housing.
This is the latest development after President Trump declared a national emergency along the southern border and ordered the Defense Department to provide troops.
The Mexican government under President Claudia Sheinbaum started readying itself to serve as an oppositional force to Trump.
The termination of the CBP One app on Monday has left thousands of migrants stranded and uncertain about their futures.
Only minutes after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump praised Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security policies and promised Texas would have support from Washington now that he was in office.
However, these statistics do not show which country the arrested people come from. We did not find public records documenting prior mental-health hospitalizations of immigrants. Organizations including the Center for Immigration Studies,
Mexican national and asylum seeker Tania, 24, knew something was wrong when she saw her husband Edwin's face, as he stood in the courtyard of the Nogales