Several migrants said they had recently arrived in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico after weeks of travel, only to find their CBP One appointments were cancelled.
Mayor Cruz Perez Cuellar of Ciudad Juarez expressed readiness to handle a potential influx of migrants as U.S. policies under President Donald Trump
Several migrants in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, near the U.S. border cried in frustration as their CBP One app appointments were canceled after Donald Trump took office. Venezuelan migrant Jhony Flores says it felt unfair that an opportunity for legal passage was taken away after people spent so much time waiting in Mexico.
Migrants who waited months to cross the U.S. border with Mexico learned their CBP One appointments had been canceled moments after Donald Trump was sworn in as president.
Mexico’s government has been creating shelters fit for 2,500 people each to take back deportees from the US. Several organisations said the system was unusually efficient so far, but that there was no clear additional plan for the estimated 380,000 Mexicans displaced internally by violence or the hundreds of thousands of foreigners now stuck.
The Trump administration has ended use of the border app called CBP One that allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States.
The temporary shelters in Ciudad Juarez will have the capacity to house thousands of people and should be ready in a matter of days, said municipal
General Jose Lemus, commander of Ciudad Juarez's military garrison, said the tunnel "must have taken a long time" to build, suggesting "it could have been one or two years".
The CBP One app, which allowed asylum seekers and migrants to schedule appointments with border officials, has been shut down by President Donald Trump. The move fulfills one of his "Day 1 ...
Cabrera is one of several migrants CNN spoke to who recently arrived in Ciudad Juarez after weeks of travel for their CBP One appointments, only to find the sessions they had been given were canceled.
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Mayor Cruz Perez Cuellar of Ciudad Juarez expressed readiness to ... including the CBP One app, leaving many stranded on the Mexican side of the border.
Pre-approved travelers use dedicated lanes, known as express lanes, to avoid long inspection lines at the bridges, the U.S. Custom and Border Patrol website states.