Stranded and deflated, migrants waiting in Tijuana weigh backup plans
People are considering whether to apply for permission to settle in Mexico, return home, or wait to see what Trump comes up with next
Trump shutters border app, leaving asylum seekers in Tijuana in legal limbo
Hundreds of thousands of migrants lost scheduled appointments after CBP One app was disabled, creating uncertainty at the US-Mexico border.
Los migrantes que esperan en Tijuana sienten el impacto inmediato de la ofensiva fronteriza de Trump
El primer golpe llegó con el fin de CBP One, dejando varados a miles de solicitantes de asilo con y sin citas.
Migrants waiting in Tijuana feel immediate sting of Trump’s border crackdown
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.
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Last chance in Tijuana: Hundreds of migrants cross border before Trump’s immigration crackdown
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
Tears and shock as Trump dashes dreams of migrants in Mexico scheduled to enter US
By Lizbeth Diaz, Laura Gottesdiener and Alexandra Ulmer TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Nidia Montenegro fled violence and poverty at home in Venezuela, survived a kidnapping as she traveled north into Mexico,
Migrants stranded when thousands of appointments to enter the US are canceled as Trump takes office
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.
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‘Leaving devastated’: Migrants on cusp of reaching the U.S. turned away after Trump takes office
More than a thousand migrants living at one shelter in Tijuana were still trying to make appointments with CBP One on Monday.
‘I Feel Rage, I Feel Sadness.’ With Border Closed, Migrants Face Few Options.
President Trump took action to close the nation’s southern border and terminate a widely used app. Many migrants expressed despair, and some moved to cross the border anyway.
Trump should fix broken asylum system, but not like this
Donald Trump ended asylum requests at the border with the CBP One app. This is the wrong policy. While the asylum process must be overhauled, the
Trump seeks to remake border security but his efforts will face challenges
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s promises to beef up security at the southern border with Mexico began taking effect soon after he was inaugurated Monday, making good on his defining political promise to crack down on immigration and marking another wild swing in White House policy on the divisive issue.
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The initial blow came with the end of CBP One, stranding thousands of asylum seekers with and without appointments