As part of a sweeping plan to change the U.S. immigration system, the Trump administration is introducing a U.S. Customs and Border Protection app called CBP One that asylum seekers use to seek legal entry into the U.S. along the Southwest border. ” functionality has been removed from the app. According to CBP’s website, starting January 20, 2025, the app will no longer be available for booking hospitalizations and all existing reservations will be cancelled.
According to the American Immigration Council, the CBP One app was introduced in 2020 and expanded into a tool for asylum seekers in 2023, quickly allowing immigrants to “pre-set and secure appointments for processing.” This is the only way to maintain asylum status. The New York Times wrote that the app “allowed 1,450 immigrants a day to book entry into the country” and helped more than 900,000 people enter the country by the end of 2024 since its launch in 2023. There is.
Asylum seekers were given no warning that the program would end on January 20, and the Trump administration has not said what will replace it. Engadget has reached out to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and U.S. Customs and Border Protection for more information and will update this article if we learn more.
CBP One was revealed to be an issue for the new administration during the vice presidential debate, during which Vice President J.D. Vance claimed there was an app that would book illegal immigrants and give them legal status in the United States. did. That’s not how CBP One works, and in fact, the Biden administration’s use of the app has been criticized for significantly slowing and complicating the process, leaving some asylum seekers waiting up to six months for an appointment. are.
