The immigration measures approved by the Joe Biden Administration cause a collapse in the CBP One mobile application.
This app is essential so that migrants at the border can request an appointment and present their asylum cases at the ports of entry to the United States.
CBP One grants 1,450 appointments per day and the Biden Administration He assured that he does not plan to increase them. The large number of people trying to use the platform has been generating technical problems for some time. The situation is expected to get worse.
Journalist Alexis Boente interviewed immigration lawyer Avelino González, who mentioned the main obstacles that migrants are facing when requesting appointments through the CBP One app.
“The appointments take tremendously long. The process is quite random. On many occasions in these areas of the border the signal is not good, people cannot communicate well. The photo scanner does not work correctly,” said González.
Last week the Democratic president assured that the possibility of applying for asylum “will continue to be available” for those seeking to legally immigrate to the United States and manage an appointment through the CBP One application.
“Migrants will not be able to receive asylum at our southern border unless they apply after entering through a legal process. Those who seek to come to the US legally, for example by making an appointment (CBP One) and arriving at a port of entry, asylum will continue to be available,” Biden said from the White House.
This means that there will be a increased number of migrants choosing to get an appointment on the app CBP One mobile phone, the same number of appointments granted per day and therefore, a greater possibility of collapse of the technological tool.
Once the migrant manages to enter the application, appointments can take up to five months to be finalized. Waiting periods, in extremely complex conditions, may be too long for many families and vulnerable people.
In May, before the possibility of Biden’s executive order signing became known, CBP said it is “aware that the appointment system is not working properly“and assured that they are working to “resolve these failures as soon as possible.”
