The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the CBP Home app which will facilitate immigrants illegally in the United States to utilize a “self-deportation reporting” feature. The app replaces the CBP One app, which during the Biden administration, allowed migrants to schedule appointments at ports of entry to be paroled into the U.S. As a result, hundreds of thousands of people flooded the border using the app. President Donald Trump ended the CBP One app to parole migrants on his very first day in the White House.
The app allows illegal migrants to “Submit Intent to Depart” and submit information regarding their intent to leave the U.S. They can also provide information to verify they have left the U.S., a function limited to those who were paroled into the U.S.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement, “The Biden Administration exploited the CBP One App to allow more than 1 million aliens to illegally enter the United States. With the launching of the CBP Home App, we are restoring integrity to our immigration system.”
“The CBP Home App gives aliens the option to leave now and self-deport, so they may still have the opportunity to return legally in the future and live the American dream. If they don’t, we will find them, we will deport them, and they will never return,” Noem said.
Fox News reports that last month, Noem ended the use of CBP One to allow migrants to board domestic flights, unless it is being used for their self-deportation. The administration has also canceled extensions for Temporary Protected Status for some nationalities.
