Asylum seekers in Tijuana are facing an uncertain future as the December 31st deadline approaches for the CBP One app, which allows them to schedule appointments for seeking asylum in the United States. With potentially fewer options available under the incoming Trump administration, the wait for an appointment, already averaging over nine months, becomes even more daunting.
A Migrant checks the CBP One application for open appointments to request asylum with American immigration officials, Tijuana , December 10, 2024.It’s Christmas time in Tijuana ’s Movimiento Juventud 2000 migrant shelter. Children play around the colorful, decorative tree while volunteers hang'Feliz Navidad' banners. The parents, much like Mary and Joseph, are hoping for a room at the inn. They’re all asylum seekers who fled their home in search of protection in the U.S.
'Some of them have been here six or seven months,' Jose Maria Garcia Lara, the shelter’s director, said in Spanish.'One family has been waiting more than 10 months.'. It allows asylum seekers to schedule appointments through U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to enter the United States. At least for now.'There are no other options,' Garcia Lara said. Now, with just over a month to go before Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20, the asylum options could be reduced to none. Trump has vowed toThe app has been controversial since it was introduced in early 2023. There are only 1,450 CBP One appointments available each day, and demand for these appointments heavily outweighs the supply. As a result, the average wait time for an appointment is more than nine months, according to immigration officials in Tijuana.Still, more than 860,000 individuals successfully scheduled appointments between January 2023 and October, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Nonetheless, the already long odds for those in the Movimiento Juventud 2000 get longer as Jan. 20 draws ever closer.Migrant mother going by the name'Flor' from the Mexican state of Michoacán has been living at the Tijuana migrant shelter, Movimiento Juventud 2000, with her son and daughter for six months waiting on the migration app CBP One to show an available appointment, Dec. 10, 2024.'I’m praying to God every day for an appointment,' said a Mexican asylum seeker KPBS is identifying as Flor in order to protect her identit
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