U.S. Immigration Laws and the Biden Term: Resisting the Suspended Asymptotic Immigration Policy

During his time in office, Biden implemented his own policies to limit asylum claims. Last summer, he issued an executive order that would allow the processing of most asylum claims to be suspended when the seven-day average of unauthorized crossings breached 2,500 people. The final rule was stricter. When the seven- day average is over 1,500 crossings, it mandated the suspension of asylum claims from those who cross between legal ports of entry.

The remain in Mexico policy was the subject of a lot of legal battles. Biden revoked the policy on his first day in office. The states argued that the U.S. did not have enough proper confinement facilities to hold all the people that crossed the border. A Texas judge ordered that remain in Mexico be brought back by the administration — though Biden enforced it at a smaller scale.

Monday, the app’s website read: “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.”

Critics of the app maintain that it gave priority to newcomers and not immigrants who have been in the US for a long time. The app created a system in which migrants are allowed into the U.S. while awaiting immigration proceedings, Republicans argued. They also claimed the app’s vetting systems are not strong enough to prevent fraud. There is no evidence of widespread fraud.

Under the Biden administration, asylum seekers relied on the CBP One app developed by the CPB in order for them to make protection claims. The app was also used to submit records and information. It was a key part of the Biden administration’s border management strategy to restore order and expand a pathway to legal entry.

The policy that requires asylum seekers at the southern border to wait in Mexico for their hearings in U.S. immigration court is being brought back by the president.

“No matter what obstacles and dangers are thrown in our path, I will keep on fighting for you and for this country that we all love,” Trump said in a September rally in Wisconsin, listing off several of his other proposals including reinstituting remain in Mexico.

The policy received renewed attention in Washington even before Trump was sworn into office. The Senate Homeland Security Committee’s first hearing of the year was focused on remain in Mexico.

During the hearing, Democrats criticized the policy as a driver of criminal and cartel-related activity. Republicans argued the program curbed migration levels and should be brought back.

“These policies do not offer any solutions to improve border processing or address asylum and immigration court backlogs and are not an effective way to improve our immigration court system or address real needs at the border,” the ACLU said in a statement ahead of last week’s hearing.

Cancellation of the Customs and Border Protection One Application for a Dream Come True: Margelis Tinoco, Mexico’s First Lady, and His Dream to Live in the United States

According to a notice from the Customs and Border Protection (CPB), the CPB One app, which was used to schedule appointments at ports of entry, is no longer operational.

“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,” a notice on the website updated on Monday reads.

As Donald Trump took the oath ofoffice, Margelis Tinoco knelt on the foot of the international bridge that crosses from Juarez, Mexico to El Paso, Texas.

Almost as soon as Donald Trump became President Trump, the phone application that allows migrants appointments to seek asylum in the United States went down.

A few dozen migrants had already scored appointments. Some of them had waited almost a year in Mexico, applying every day for the chance to cross the border legally. It was their dream to live in the U.S. and then it was undone within minutes.