Left in the lurch: Asylum seekers respond to Trump’s CBP One cancellation
Al JazeeraReynosa, Mexico – The price of his family’s freedom would be the sale of his brother’s car. But even being held for ransom would not be the greatest hurdle to Giovanni Martino’s asylum claim. I counted them.” The armed men — Martino suspects they were members of a criminal group — forced the young father to give up his phone so they could demand money from his contacts. Within hours of being sworn in for a second term, Trump abruptly shut down CBP One and cancelled all its appointments, leaving thousands of asylum seekers like Martino stranded and vulnerable along the border. “But I’m not giving up hope that the case will be reopened, that they will at least appeal on behalf of those with approved appointments.” Now, asylum seekers say they have been left in a dangerous situation as a result of Trump’s decision: unable to return home but also unable to stay, given the dangers of the border region.
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