Tens of thousands of appointments that were scheduled into February were canceled, including those scheduled for Jan. 20 when Trump took office.
Word began to spread quickly in the Tijuana migrant shelter Monday, even as President Donald Trump continued to deliver his inauguration speech. Nidia Montenegro, an asylum seeker from Venezuela, checked her cellphone to see if the asylum screening appointment she’d waited so long to secure was still good for Wednesday morning.
The new government plans to shut down the CBP One appointment system, leaving thousands of people in limbo as they wait in Mexico for an opportunity to request asylum in the United States
The Trump administration Monday ended use of a border app called CBP One that has allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States with eligibility to work.