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US expands area in Mexico to apply for border asylum appointments, hoping to slow push north

The CBP One app has been around, but as of Friday migrants in Mexico’s southernmost states bordering Guatemala will be able to apply for appointments to seek U.S. asylum

The Independent UK

Human Rights Watch accuses Biden administration of using CBP One App to deny asylum rights

HRW said that requiring the use of the app limits the right to seek asylum for many people

Latin Times

It takes 10 weeks to get an immigration appointment through CBP One, U.S. official says

The official from the Department of Homeland Security added that 1,450 appointments are processed every day, most of them assigned randomly

Latin Times

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Migrants With Disabilities Unable to Access CBP App to Request Asylum, Complaint Says

The claim recounts people who are blind, deaf, have mobility issues or intellectual disabilities can't properly use the tool

Latin Times

Migrants are showing up at the U.S. southern border in historic numbers. Here's why

The migrant surge at the southern border hit a record of over 2.4 million. Republicans say it's a failure of Biden's policies. The U.N. says, globally, there's never been so many displaced people.

WEKU

Biden administration sued over asylum appointment app that ‘does not work’

CBP One requirement creates unlawful hurdle for migrants on app riddled with glitches and indecipherable error messages, suit says

The Guardian - US

‘Like traps meant for animals’: death no deterrent at the Rio Grande river barrier

Humanitarian workers say buoys near Eagle Pass in Texas are an atrocity but have not stopped people trying to cross into the US

The Guardian - AU

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The woman saving trans lives at the US-Mexico border: ‘Why would I turn my back on them?’

The shelter Susana ‘Susy’ Barrales runs in Tijuana has become a destination for trans women fleeing persecution and looking for support and healthcare

The Guardian - US

‘We only got errors’: migrants struggle with asylum claim app at US-Mexico border

The required app often doesn’t work – and if it does it may send families a thousand miles along the border for their appointments

The Guardian - US

Facial recognition bias frustrates Black asylum applicants to US, advocates say

Migrants from Africa and Haiti reportedly cannot use app to accept their photos, which is now required to apply for asylum

The Guardian - US

Migrants grapple with government app to make asylum appointments - Roll Call

Immigrant advocates say migrants have issues with an expanded CBP One app meant to address unlawful border crossings.

Roll Call

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