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Migrants break down in tears as Trump shuts down border entry app just minutes after taking office
The Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 20 January 2025 | JON RAASCH, POLITICAL REPORTER ON CAPITOL HILL and MARYANN MARTINEZ IN EL PASO FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Posted on 01/20/2025 5:09:00 PM PST by Salman

A stunned migrant woman wailed in anguish at the southern border after President Trump shuttered an app that made it easier for migrants to cross into the US.

Margelis Tinoco, a Colombian woman awaiting entry to the US, was overcome with emotion after the president axed the CBP One app moments after he was sworn-in.

She had been hoping to cross into El Paso from the neighboring Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez when the app suddenly went dark, leaving her stuck.

Also filmed in a state of despair was Cuban migrant Yaime Perez, who had hoped to use the CBP One app to cross into the United States and seek asylum.

Every outstanding appointment on the app was effectively canceled when Trump took office, causing panic among those wanting to get into the U.S.

CBP One was used by the Biden administration to help expedite migrants entry into the US and was used by an estimated one million people since being created.

The app could be used to create appointments for asylum seekers - and was also popular among tourists by helping them speed their way through airport customs.

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Feels good man.
1 posted on 01/20/2025 5:09:00 PM PST by Salman
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To: Salman

Oh darn that’s too bad


2 posted on 01/20/2025 5:10:30 PM PST by struggle
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To: Salman

Very.


3 posted on 01/20/2025 5:13:42 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: struggle

For the illegal aliens anyways, but not the rest of us.


4 posted on 01/20/2025 5:14:11 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Salman

Would have just been deported anyway. Shorter trip from S. of the border.


5 posted on 01/20/2025 5:14:44 PM PST by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: Salman

Mex. allowed/helped them to reach our border.
Now Mex. can help them return home, or just keep them.
Maybe draft them into the Mex. army to fight the cartels?
Most of them are military age men.


6 posted on 01/20/2025 5:15:08 PM PST by Ex gun maker. (Free thinking is now a radical concept, I will not be assimilated by PC or EV group-think!)
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To: Salman

Apply for legal entry.


7 posted on 01/20/2025 5:15:23 PM PST by From The Deer Stand (Mpl)
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To: Salman

This is a sovereign nation, ma’am. You can’t just walk in here at will.


8 posted on 01/20/2025 5:16:37 PM PST by Allegra (It’s MAGA time! )
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To: Salman

Good! Keep Crying- and NO- they are NOT ‘Migrants’ they are ILLEGAL INVADERS! - keep cryign till the rio grande is too deep to swim!


9 posted on 01/20/2025 5:17:17 PM PST by Bob434
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To: Salman

Set beeber to “stune,” and enjoy.


10 posted on 01/20/2025 5:18:06 PM PST by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
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