Some migrants along the U.S-Mexico border in the Agape Mundial Tijuana shelter have gotten appointments through the new CBP One App that was introduced yesterday by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for those wishing to apply for asylum to the United States on Friday, January 13, 2023. Only six were able to obtain a lottery number and official appointment for their asylum claims, while others got put in the system and given a number but without a set appointment as of yet—though once registered in the app, applicants will be contacted via email for their exact date once an appointment is available to them. — The CBP One App has now become oversaturated by the amount of migrants applying, there will not be any appointments assigned for the rest of January and February. — 600 migrants use to be at the Agape shelter now only 80 migrants remain since the app was introduced, in addition to some of the migrants who were given beforehand humanitarian parole, an exception to the Title 42 policy, due to some migrants dire circumstances who seek asylum through different associations and immigration advocacy groups who add migrants on lists for consideration of passage to the U.S. Now with the App migrants can apply by themselves using their phone and be added to the system, at least that is the plan or idea to make the process run faster, smoother and orderly by the Biden Administration. Though the App has received mix reviews and criticism by some migrants and advocates, overall most migrants who did apply on the app have gotten into the system and have received a lottery number to wait their turn to seek asylum to enter the U.S. Photos for @sipausa — #usmexicoborder #asylumseekers #tijuanamexico #cbpone #photojournalism #fotoperiodismo (at USA-Mexico Border, Tijuana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnYSwlur-4m/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
