Trump administration relaunches CBP One asylum app for ‘self-deportation’
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump administration relaunches CBP One asylum app for ‘self-deportation’

Al Jazeera  

The decision is part of a broader crackdown on immigration that critics say violates the right to asylum access under US law. The administration of President Donald Trump has revealed it has overhauled the online application known as CBP One, which was formerly used to process asylum claims at the southern border of the United States. But in 2023 — under Trump’s first-term successor, President Joe Biden — the US government announced it would expand the use of CBP One. In Monday’s statement, Noem doubled down on Trump’s accusations that Biden misused the CBP One app. “The Biden Administration exploited the CBP One app to allow more than 1 million aliens to illegally enter the United States,” she said.

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Trump strips legal status of 530,000 migrants, paving way for mass deportations
3 days, 9 hours ago

Trump strips legal status of 530,000 migrants, paving way for mass deportations

India Today  

The Donald Trump administration on Friday announced that it will revoke legal protections for 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans in the United States, potentially setting them up for deportation in about a month as the US president expands his crackdown on immigration. Immigrants from these four countries, who have arrived in the United States since October 2022 with financial …

What is Donald Trump’s self-deportation app CBP Home? How to use? Who can use it? All you need to know
4 days, 7 hours ago

What is Donald Trump’s self-deportation app CBP Home? How to use? Who can use it? All you need to know

Live Mint  

The Donald Trump administration has been strengthening its effort to control immigration to the US ever since the Republican leader took oath as President. “The CBP Home app gives aliens the option to leave now and self-deport, so they may still have the opportunity to return legally in the future and live the American dream. Columbia University student Rajani Srinivasan …

Do-It-Yourself Deportation: How An Indian Student Used CBP Home App To Leave US
1 week ago

Do-It-Yourself Deportation: How An Indian Student Used CBP Home App To Leave US

ABP News  

A newly launched app by the US Department of Homeland Security has drawn attention after an Indian PhD student used it to leave the country following the revocation of her student visa. https://t.co/cAX5lP4lhd — Elon Musk March 16, 2025 Just a day after its launch, Indian student Ranjani Srinivasan utilised the app to notify authorities of her departure before heading …

Elon Musk endorses self-deportation app Indian student Ranjani Srinivasan used to dodge immigration agents
Top News
1 week, 1 day ago

Elon Musk endorses self-deportation app Indian student Ranjani Srinivasan used to dodge immigration agents

Hindustan Times  

Ranjani Srinivasan, a 37-year-old Indian student and Fulbright Scholarship recipient at Columbia University pursuing a doctoral degree at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, was expected to graduate this year. However, she left the US this month by becoming one of the first people to opt for self-deportation using the CBP Home App after the US Department of …

What is CBP app, which Indian student used to self-deport from the US
1 week, 1 day ago

What is CBP app, which Indian student used to self-deport from the US

Hindustan Times  

Rajani Srinivasan became one of the first people to access the newly added self-deportation feature on the CBP Home App following the revocation of her visa. Rajani Srinivasan became one of the first people to use CBP Home App Hailing from India, Srinivasan entered the US several years ago on an F-1 student visa to pursue her doctorate in Urban …

What is CBP Home App, tool Ranjani Srinivasan used to self-deport from US?
1 week, 3 days ago

What is CBP Home App, tool Ranjani Srinivasan used to self-deport from US?

India Today  

When doctoral student Ranjani Srinivasan's visa was revoked by the US State Department, she became one of the first cases in America of an individual using the newly launched self-deportation feature on the CBP Home App. With this step, Srinivasan bypassed formal deportation methods and chose to self-deport with the use of the CBP Home App on March 11, 2025. …

What is CBP Home App, tool Ranjani Srinivasan used to self-deport from US?
1 week, 3 days ago

What is CBP Home App, tool Ranjani Srinivasan used to self-deport from US?

India Today  

When doctoral student Ranjani Srinivasan's visa was revoked by the US State Department, she became one of the first cases in America of an individual using the newly launched self-deportation feature on the CBP Home App. With this step, Srinivasan bypassed formal deportation methods and chose to self-deport with the use of the CBP Home App on March 11, 2025. …

Homeland Security overhauls asylum phone app — now it’s for ‘self-deportation’
2 weeks ago

Homeland Security overhauls asylum phone app — now it’s for ‘self-deportation’

Associated Press  

The Trump administration has unveiled an overhauled cellphone app once used to let migrants apply for asylum, turning it into a system that allows people living illegally in the U.S. to say they want to leave the country voluntarily. The renamed app, announced Monday and now called CBP Home, is part of the administration’s campaign to encourage “self-deportations, " touted …

‘Leave now’: Trump administration launches controversial 'CBP Home' app to encourage self-deportations
2 weeks ago

‘Leave now’: Trump administration launches controversial 'CBP Home' app to encourage self-deportations

Hindustan Times  

Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security has introduced a new app, where migrants can share their intention to “self-deport.” Trump's newly-launched CBP Home app seems to be a replacement for the CBP One app, which was used under Biden administration and allowed migrants to schedule appointments to apply for asylum at a port of entry. The newly-launched CBP Home app …

Homeland Security overhauls asylum phone app — now it’s for ‘self-deportation’
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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Homeland Security overhauls asylum phone app — now it’s for ‘self-deportation’

LA Times  

Jan. 2025 photo of Venezuelan migrant Yender Romero shows the U.S. Customs and Border Protection One app on his cell phone, which he said he used to apply for asylum in the U.S. in Mexico City. The Trump administration has unveiled an overhauled cellphone app once used to let migrants apply for asylum, turning it into a system that allows …

Trump cutoff of humanitarian parole for immigrants from Ukraine, 6 other countries challenged
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump cutoff of humanitarian parole for immigrants from Ukraine, 6 other countries challenged

Associated Press  

MIAMI — A group of American citizens and immigrants is suing the Trump administration for ending a long-standing legal tool presidents have used to allow people from countries where there’s war or political instability to enter and temporarily live in the U.S. The lawsuit filed late Friday night seeks to reinstate humanitarian parole programs that allowed in 875,000 migrants from …

Trump administration has already released some immigrants back into the US after touting aggressive crackdown
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump administration has already released some immigrants back into the US after touting aggressive crackdown

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Some of the 8,000 migrants arrested under the Trump administration's …

Trump team prepares to reverse Biden-era legal status for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela and more
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump team prepares to reverse Biden-era legal status for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela and more

Hindustan Times  

The Trump administration is moving to reverse key immigration policies from the Biden era, specifically targeting migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela according to CBS. However, the Trump administration now plans to revoke their legal status, significantly altering their ability to remain in the U.S. Trump administration targets migrants The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to fully end …

Trump prepares to revoke legal status for many migrants who arrived under Biden
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump prepares to revoke legal status for many migrants who arrived under Biden

CNN  

CNN — The Trump administration is preparing to revoke legal status for many migrants who entered the United States under a Biden-era program, according to a source familiar with the planning, expanding the pool of people who could be deported. The move is expected to affect migrants from Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela, and Haiti who arrived during President Joe Biden’s term …

Trump expands fast-track deportations, targets Biden-era parole migrants
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2 months ago

Trump expands fast-track deportations, targets Biden-era parole migrants

Firstpost  

President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders after returning to the White House on Monday intended to deter illegal immigration and position the U.S. to deport millions of immigrants without legal status. With an aim to accelerate deportations to unprecedented levels, the Trump administration has authorised federal immigration officers to evaluate whether migrants admitted through former President Joe …

Trump officials empower DHS to expel migrants allowed under 2 Biden programs
2 months ago

Trump officials empower DHS to expel migrants allowed under 2 Biden programs

NPR  

Trump officials empower DHS to expel migrants allowed under 2 Biden programs toggle caption Gilles Clarenne/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Trump administration memo has paved the way for immigration authorities to quickly remove migrants who were temporarily admitted to the country during the Biden administration. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamin Huffman signed the memo that gives immigration …

Confusion, denial at border, as path to U.S. asylum shuts down
2 months ago

Confusion, denial at border, as path to U.S. asylum shuts down

LA Times  

Outside the white gates that secure the entry to this Tijuana customs facility, a stepping stone to U.S. soil, migrants sat on a sidewalk in quiet disbelief this week, their futures suddenly feeling much darker and clouded in uncertainty. Others had traversed multiple countries by bus, and yet others had crowded for months into shelters and local hotels hoping for …

Trump Creates 'Invasion,' Eliminates Asylum Rights At The Border
2 months ago

Trump Creates 'Invasion,' Eliminates Asylum Rights At The Border

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Trump administration has essentially eliminated the ability to pursue asylum at the border, attempting to erase by executive order a right established in U.S. and international law. Another Trump order reestablished the so-called “Remain in Mexico” policy, wherein migrants seeking asylum are required to wait for their court dates across the border. But Trump also signed …

Mexico Rushes to Help Stranded Migrants After Trump Shuts Down the CBP One App
55 years, 2 months ago

Mexico Rushes to Help Stranded Migrants After Trump Shuts Down the CBP One App

Wired  

The Mexican government has announced the Mexico Embraces You program, which includes economic and social services for Mexicans deported from the United States. This measure is in response to the strict immigration policy that President Donald Trump announced on January 20, and which has already begun to materialize with the closure of the CBP One app. Federal authorities add that …

Immigration crackdown, deportation bid launched
Top News
2 months ago

Immigration crackdown, deportation bid launched

China Daily  

WASHINGTON/PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico — US President Donald Trump on Monday kicked off his sweeping immigration crackdown, tasking the US military with aiding border security, issuing a broad ban on asylum and taking steps to restrict citizenship for children born on US soil. People in the US have grown less welcoming toward immigrants without legal status since Trump's first presidency, but …

Immigration crackdown, deportation bid launched
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2 months ago

Immigration crackdown, deportation bid launched

China Daily  

Margelis Tinoco, a migrant from Colombia, reacts after receiving news that her CBP One appointment was canceled, on the Inauguration Day of Donald Trump's second presidential term, at the Paso del Norte International Bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Monday. JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ/REUTERS WASHINGTON/PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico — US President Donald Trump on Monday kicked off his sweeping immigration crackdown, tasking …

Trump’s three-day immigration blitz severely tightens border, sets stage for rapid deportations
2 months ago

Trump’s three-day immigration blitz severely tightens border, sets stage for rapid deportations

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Trump administration has moved with lightning speed to roll out the president’s immigration agenda, effectively closing off the US southern border to asylum seekers, severely limiting who’s eligible to enter the United States and laying the groundwork to swiftly deport migrants already in the country. Providers who receive federal funding and work in immigration detention were …

Trump’s three-day immigration blitz severely tightens border, sets stage for rapid deportations
2 months ago

Trump’s three-day immigration blitz severely tightens border, sets stage for rapid deportations

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Trump administration has moved with lightning speed to roll out the president’s immigration agenda, effectively closing off the US southern border to asylum seekers, severely limiting who’s eligible to enter the United States and laying the groundwork to swiftly deport migrants already in the country. Providers who receive federal funding and work in immigration detention were …

Trump shuts down Biden-era app that helped asylum seekers, migrants settle in US
2 months ago

Trump shuts down Biden-era app that helped asylum seekers, migrants settle in US

India Today  

As part of his crackdown against illegal immigration, US President Donald Trump has shut down the CBP One app, a programme launched in October 2020 that allowed migrants to apply to enter the country legally as asylum seekers. The CBP One app was initially launched by the US Customs and Border Protection to help trucking companies schedule inspections at border …

Immigration crackdown, deportation bid launched
2 months ago

Immigration crackdown, deportation bid launched

China Daily  

Margelis Tinoco, a migrant from Colombia, reacts after receiving news that her CBP One appointment was canceled, on the Inauguration Day of Donald Trump's second presidential term, at the Paso del Norte International Bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Monday. JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ/REUTERS WASHINGTON/PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico — US President Donald Trump on Monday kicked off his sweeping immigration crackdown, tasking …

US cancels border processing appointments, shutting down customs app
2 months ago

US cancels border processing appointments, shutting down customs app

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2025-01-21 05:07 Mexican migrants who crossed the B and M International Bridge to attend their appointment with the US Customs Border and Protection, are escorted back by an agent of the Mexican National Migration Institute, on the day of the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump, in Matamoros, Mexico Jan 20, 2025. HOUSTON -- Minutes after President …

US-Mexico border shut down for asylum seekers, leaving migrants in limbo
2 months ago

US-Mexico border shut down for asylum seekers, leaving migrants in limbo

CNN  

Washington CNN — The US-Mexico border is effectively closed off to migrants seeking asylum in the United States within hours of President Donald Trump taking office, an extraordinary departure from previous protocols that has left many concerned migrants in limbo. It’s a rare combination of two policies — one from former President Joe Biden and other from Trump — that …

US-Mexico border shut down for asylum seekers, leaving migrants in limbo
2 months ago

US-Mexico border shut down for asylum seekers, leaving migrants in limbo

CNN  

Washington CNN — The US-Mexico border is effectively closed off to migrants seeking asylum in the United States within hours of President Donald Trump taking office, an extraordinary departure from previous protocols that has left many concerned migrants in limbo. It’s a rare combination of two policies — one from former President Joe Biden and other from Trump — that …

Trump begins crackdown on immigrants: US govt shuts down CBP One app for border crossings from Mexico
2 months ago

Trump begins crackdown on immigrants: US govt shuts down CBP One app for border crossings from Mexico

Firstpost  

The CBP One app, which allowed 1,450 people a day to enter the US on parole, had been a cornerstone of the previous administration’s efforts to manage border crossings Migrants gesture while praying near the border, after rumours spread that they would be allowed to enter the United States, according to local media, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, December 18, 2024. …

Video: Mexicans waiting for appointments cry after CB1 app shut down by Trump
2 months ago

Video: Mexicans waiting for appointments cry after CB1 app shut down by Trump

Hindustan Times  

Coming in heavily to deliver his promise of restricting immigration into the US, Donald Trump banned the CBP One app that facilitated the legal entry of nearly 1 million people into the United States by granting them work eligibility. The impact of this move was immediate, as people in Mexico, who were waiting for their CBP One parole appointments, were …

CBP One app, which helped 1 million migrants, closed as Trump takes office
2 months ago

CBP One app, which helped 1 million migrants, closed as Trump takes office

Hindustan Times  

CBP One app: Donald Trump, minutes after taking oath as US President, discontinued the use of the CBP One app, which had facilitated the legal entry of nearly 1 million people into the United States, granting them work eligibility. Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president on Monday, pledging a “revolution of common sense” as Republicans take full …

Disappointment at border as Trump cancels immigration program
2 months ago

Disappointment at border as Trump cancels immigration program

LA Times  

Hundreds of asylum seekers are led to their interviews with U.S. customs agents at the San Ysidro Border Crossing in April. Among the first on-the-ground effects of President Trump’s sweeping immigration revisions was visible Monday on the Mexican side of U.S. ports of entry, where hundreds of disconsolate asylum applicants were stunned to learn of the cancellation of a program …

Confirmation Hearings For Trump Cabinet Picks: Latest Updates
2 months, 1 week ago

Confirmation Hearings For Trump Cabinet Picks: Latest Updates

Huff Post  

Noem confirmed during the hearing that she would end two programs credited with decreasing illegal crossings at the southern border, the “CHNV” parole program and the CBP One app. CHNV – short for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans – allows people from those countries, if they are vetted and have financial sponsors in the United States, to fly into the …

Ruthless migrant thugs are entering the US legally through Biden-approved loophole app
3 months ago

Ruthless migrant thugs are entering the US legally through Biden-approved loophole app

Daily Mail  

A government app meant to vet migrants arriving at the US-Mexico border to legally allow them into the US was used by two men now accused of being vicious Tren de Aragua gang members, DailyMail.com can reveal. Two Venezuelan men currently being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Aurora, Colorado and who are believed to be members of the …

Trump team considers 'illegal' workaround to speed up key campaign promise: report
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump team considers 'illegal' workaround to speed up key campaign promise: report

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's incoming administration intends to deport migrants to countries they've never visited if their home countries refuse to accept them, according to a new report. Three sources familiar with the plans say administration officials are preparing a list of countries – including but not limited to Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas, Panama and Grenada – where they would send …

Trump’s Day One: Deportations, border wall, scrapping Biden humanitarian programs
4 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s Day One: Deportations, border wall, scrapping Biden humanitarian programs

Hindustan Times  

* Trump’s Day One: Deportations, border wall, scrapping Biden humanitarian programs Trump to issue order making it easier to arrest migrants with no criminal record * Early action to end Biden's humanitarian programs allowing legal entry * National Guard to be sent to border, border wall construction to resume By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, - President-elect Donald Trump is expected to …

Breaking down Trump’s deportation agenda
4 months, 1 week ago

Breaking down Trump’s deportation agenda

Politico  

Breaking down Trump’s deportation agenda What up, Recast fam! Today’s agenda: Donald Trump’s senior adviser on Latinos discusses immigration under the second administration The political duopoly that has reigned in Puerto Rico took a bit hit Goodbye “Little Marco” and hello “Mr. He believes Miller and Homan will bring back Trump’s previous migration-deterrent policies that the Biden administration had abandoned, …

Trump warns he’ll expel migrants under key Biden immigration programs
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump warns he’ll expel migrants under key Biden immigration programs

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump, who has made anti-immigration rhetoric a key part of his reelection campaign, warned Wednesday that he would kick out hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have entered the country under two key Biden administration programs if he’s reelected. Speaking to Fox News, Trump railed against two immigration programs created by the Biden administration to …

Migrants play ‘the asylum lottery’ on controversial U.S. government app
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Migrants play ‘the asylum lottery’ on controversial U.S. government app

LA Times  

Having fled his native Venezuela, Luis Guerrero was living in Colombia when he heard about a legal way to get into the United States: a smartphone app created by the U.S. government. “I wanted to do it the correct way.” Hundreds of asylum seekers with appointments made via a phone app wait for a scheduled interview with U.S. border agents …

Trump slams Biden's secret flights bringing 325,000 migrants into US
1 year ago

Trump slams Biden's secret flights bringing 325,000 migrants into US

Daily Mail  

Donald Trump capitalized on the recent revelations that President Joe Biden approved a program that allowed for the import of 320,000 undocumented immigrants directly to U.S. airports. Biden's administration admitted transporting migrants on secret flights into the U.S., and lawyers for CBP claim revealing the locations could create national security 'vulnerabilities'. The program emerged from Biden's expansion of the CBP …

As illegal crossings drop, the legal challenges over Biden’s US-Mexico border policies grow
1 year, 7 months ago

As illegal crossings drop, the legal challenges over Biden’s US-Mexico border policies grow

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — Immigration advocates said Thursday that an online appointment system to seek asylum at the U.S. border with Mexico is out of reach for many migrants, in the latest legal challenge to the Biden administration’s immigration agenda. “CBP One essentially creates an electronic waitlist that restricts access to the U.S. asylum process to a limited number of privileged …

Controversy erupts over CBP One app, GOP Congressman calls it a 'Disney FastPass' for migrants
1 year, 7 months ago

Controversy erupts over CBP One app, GOP Congressman calls it a 'Disney FastPass' for migrants

Hindustan Times  

A GOP congressman slammed the Biden administration’s CBP One App as a “Disney FastPass” for migrants into the US at a tense hearing on the US-Mexico border Wednesday. Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida accused Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of letting migrants stay in the US indefinitely through the app, which he said was like a theme park …

Illegal border crossings are down. One big reason why is now part of a court fight
1 year, 8 months ago

Illegal border crossings are down. One big reason why is now part of a court fight

NPR  

Illegal border crossings are down. One big reason why is now part of a court fight Enlarge this image toggle caption Joel Rose/NPR Joel Rose/NPR The number of migrants illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border is lower than it's been since the first weeks of 2021 — and the Biden administration says its sharp limits on asylum at the border are …

Adult migrants are held in border facilities too long amid Biden administration policy changes, sources say
1 year, 8 months ago

Adult migrants are held in border facilities too long amid Biden administration policy changes, sources say

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden’s new asylum policy has contributed to migrants remaining in border facilities for more than 10 days and some for up to 30 days, multiple sources told CNN, as the administration toughens its posture on the US-Mexico border. Last week, of the more than 10,000 people in CBP custody, more than 1,000 of them had been …

US expands slots for asylum app at land crossings as demand overwhelms supply
1 year, 9 months ago

US expands slots for asylum app at land crossings as demand overwhelms supply

Associated Press  

HARLINGEN, Texas — U.S. authorities on Thursday expanded slots to seek asylum at land crossings with Mexico through a mobile app for the second time in less than a month, seeking to dispel doubts it isn’t a viable option. The increase “reflects our commitment to continue to expand lawful options for migrants,” said Blas Nuñez-Neto, the Homeland Security Department’s assistant …

Texas sues Biden administration over asylum rule, saying phone app encourages illegal immigration
1 year, 10 months ago

Texas sues Biden administration over asylum rule, saying phone app encourages illegal immigration

Associated Press  

The state of Texas is suing the Biden administration in an attempt to have a newly-introduced asylum rule thrown out, saying a phone app used by migrants to set up appointments at the border to seek entry into the United States is encouraging illegal immigration. In the lawsuit, Texas argues that the asylum rule encourages the use of a cellphone …

‘It doesn’t work’: Migrants struggle with US immigration app
1 year, 10 months ago

‘It doesn’t work’: Migrants struggle with US immigration app

Al Jazeera  

Asylum seekers say they are crossing US-Mexico border irregularly after failing to get appointments through CBP One app. But she and her husband and daughter have tried every day for the last month to get a US immigration appointment through the country’s new CBP One app — to no avail. On May 11, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas …

Mexican migrants facing stiff challenge with tougher US policy pin hopes on asylum app
1 year, 10 months ago

Mexican migrants facing stiff challenge with tougher US policy pin hopes on asylum app

India Today  

Oriana Silva, a 30-year-old Venezuelan mother of two, was so determined to make it to the United States that she entered illegally and was expelled back to Mexico five times in seven months. As US COVID-era border restrictions give way to strict new asylum rules on Friday, she and other migrants in Mexico have opted to forgo unlawful crossings and …

US formally ends policy for asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico
3 years, 9 months ago

US formally ends policy for asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday formally ended a Trump-era immigration policy that forced asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court. A seven-page memo by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas marked the end of the “Migrant Protection Protocols,” which returned about 70,000 asylum-seekers to Mexico from January 2019 until it was halted on President Joe …

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