
Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on Jan. 20, 2025. SAUL LOEB/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Within minutes of his inauguration, President Donald Trump ended the Biden administration’s CBP One app, which facilitated applications to allow nearly 1 million would-be illegal immigrants to enter the United States and be shielded from deportation.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) posted a notice on its website, stating: “Effective January 20, 2025, the functionalities of CBP One that previously allowed undocumented aliens to submit advance information and schedule appointments at eight southwest border ports of entry is no longer available, and existing appointments have been cancelled.”
The app was able to distribute appointments at a rate of 1,450 people per day and CBP allowed them to enter under humanitarian parole authority.