MCALLEN: Migrants who were temporarily allowed to live in the US by using a Biden-era online appointment app have been told to leave the country “immediately,” officials said on Monday. It was unclear how many beneficiaries would be affected. More than 9,00,000 people were allowed in the country using the CBP One app since Jan 2023. They were generally allowed to remain in the US for two years with authorisation to work under a presidential authority called parole.
“Cancelling these paroles is a promise kept to the American people to secure our borders and protect national security,” the department of homeland security (DHS) media affairs unit said. Authorities confirmed termination notices were sent to CBP One beneficiaries but did not say how many. They were urged to voluntary self-deport using the same app they entered on, which has been renamed CBP Home.
“It’s time for you to abandon the US,” DHS wrote to a Honduran family that entered the US last year. Al Otro Lado, a nonprofit organisation that provides legal aid to migrants, said some who received the revocation letters are from Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico.
President Trump ended CBP One for new entrants on his first day in office.