Immigration

Biden’s CBP One app allowed 266,000 immigrants into US through ‘smokescreen’ process

By Anna Giaritelli
Published October 24, 2023 9:14pm ET
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Biden’s CBP One app allowed 266,000 immigrants into US through ‘smokescreen’ process
People waiting to apply for asylum stand in front of a sign for the CBP One app as they camp near the pedestrian entrance to the San Isidro Port of Entry, linking Tijuana, Mexico, with San Diego, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Tijuana, Mexico. U.S. authorities raised the number of people allowed to enter the country with an online app.

A government-run cellphone app meant to curtail illegal immigration has resulted in more than a quarter of a million immigrants being released into the United States, according to new federal data.

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