DHS tells immigrants who entered the US via CBP One app to leave 'immediately'

 

 

 

California: An anonymous worker was working a regular shift at a Walmart in California on Monday when he received a notification on his phone. It was an email from the US Department of Homeland Security.

"It is time for you to leave the United States," the email began. "DHS is now exercising its discretion to terminate your asylum immediately."

At the end of the Biden administration, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) became the primary method by which asylum seekers could enter the United States at ports of entry.

As part of a broader move to revoke the temporary legal status of immigrants who entered the United States under a legal authority known as humanitarian asylum during the Biden administration, the Trump administration is telling some immigrants who entered the U.S. using the CBP One mobile app to leave immediately. They are among the more than 936,000 immigrants who used the app to schedule appointments at ports of entry.

“This CBP rescission is a promise to the American people to secure our borders and protect our national security,” the DHS press team said in an emailed statement.

The Department of Homeland Security says it has sent formal notices of termination to some immigrants who were allowed to enter the U.S. through the CBP One app -- although DHS has not said how many immigrants received those notices.

According to a termination notice seen by NPR, which was rebranded and relaunched by the Trump administration as CBP Home, DHS is now encouraging immigrants to report their departure through the same mobile app.

The notice, sent this week, warns that immigrants whose paroles are terminated will lose their work authorization and could be subject to criminal prosecution, fines, and removal from the U.S., although this is an exception for those who “otherwise have a lawful basis to remain here.”