Immigrant advocates say CBP One is glitch-prone and reduces the right of asylum to a lottery while forcing migrants into a dangerous waiting game. Republican lawmakers denounce the app as an “open borders” ploy that encourages more migrants to head for the United States. To encourage use of the app, the government has made it increasingly difficult for migrants to walk up to border crossings and request asylum. At the same hearing, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, scolded the CBP’s Sabatino: “The CBP app is like a welcoming app: ‘Welcome to America! “The boy is doing well, he wants to erase from his memory what happened to us in Mexico,” Guerrero said.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 14, 2024 17:33 UTC