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Days ago the Biden administration re-launched the operation of the CBP One app that will allow immigrants stranded at the border to schedule their appointments to facilitate the process of applying for asylum in the United States.
According to the government, CBP One will allow applicants to enter their personal information, as a pre-screening step for an appointment and as part of the new measures to process people who are seeking asylum at the border between Mexico and the United States, as well as all those who seek to be exempt from the Title 42the health policy that was born in the era of Donald Trump that gives the authorities the power to immediately expel thousands of immigrants.
Most of the people who made an appointment at the El Chaparral checkpoint had no problems when scheduling their appointment, however, Telemundo reported that some immigrants are still waiting for new dates to open since in a matter of days they sold out “currently there are no appointments,” revealed Francisco from San José del Cabo. “I mark at the bottom (of the application) that I try on January 19 at 9:00 that there is a possibility that I will make an appointment.”
According to the aforementioned media, At the El Chaparral sentry box, the appointments for January and February are sold out.
“The CBP One app serves as a single portal to a variety of CBP services. that allows users to be quickly and conveniently directed to the functions they need by answering a series of guided questions”, can be read on the official page, which also clarifies that the app is available for IOS and Android devices and that its use does not guarantee that a person will be prosecuted at a particular date or time.
with this measure authorities hope to reduce the risk immigrants face when attempting to cross illegally or be victims of a cartel. The entry of at least 8,400 immigrants is expected.
The CBP One app is available free of charge as well as at www.cbpone.cbp.dhs.gov.