Millions Targeted for Rapid Expulsion as Trump Fulfills Vow

End of CBP One app will strand thousands of migrants in Mexico
Trump vows to end birthright citizenship, scrap asylum rules

Migrants along the US-Mexico border in Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on Dec. 18, 2024. — Migrants along the US-Mexico border in Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on Dec. 18, 2024.
Photographer: David Peinado/Bloomberg

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By Alicia A. Caldwell and Alex Vasquez

January 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM UTC

Updated on

January 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM UTC

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It took only moments for President Donald Trump to shut down the CBP One app.

On Monday, as he moved to fulfill campaign pledges to end birthright citizenship and mobilize troops to step up border enforcement as part of a broader crackdown, Trump also targeted the app used by hundreds of thousands of migrants to cross the border and ask for asylum. A message showed it was “no longer available, and existing appointments have been cancelled.”