Trump admin repurposes problematic CBP One app for migrants to 'self-deport': 'leave now'
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The Trump admin is completely repurposing the problematic CBP One phone app that allowed more than one million migrants to into the US.

An app has been launched to help migrants report their information so they can choose to leave the country instead of facing deportation by ICE, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem.

Noem said the option to “self-deport” is preferential for migrants who are in the country illegally.

“If they don’t, we will find them, we will deport them, and they will never return,” Noem warned.

Under the previous administration, over a million migrants were permitted entry into the country through this app. However, this policy drastically changed when President Trump assumed office.

As a result, all scheduled appointments were terminated, and access to the app was disabled by the DHS. This abrupt turn of events left migrants stranded in Mexico, awaiting their entry appointments, feeling devastated and helpless.

Now, the app will feature a “submit intent to depart” button for illegal migrants, notifying the feds of their intent to leave the country.

The new program comes as the Trump administration continues to focus on ramping up ICE arrests and deportations, while shutting down the border to illegal crossings.

Trump terminated the CBP One entry program, which allowed thousands of migrants to fly directly into the US or walk across the border at inspection points, on his first day back in office.

ICE also began taking to the streets in deportation raids across the US, prioritizing the arrests of migrants with criminal histories and deportation orders.

All the while, the Trump administration closed access to the asylum system for migrants crossing illegally, ending the previous administration’s use of “catch and release.”

As a result, border agents saw the lowest levels of illegal crossings in recorded history last month, when roughly 8,000 migrants were caught entering illegally.

Some migrants have seen the writing on the wall, choosing to immediately turn back south, with authorities in Honduras reporting the movements.

“These individuals cited the heavy security posture along the U.S.-Mexico border and Mexico’s containment efforts as key reasons for reversing course,” Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks previously said of the migrant turnaround.

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