This week, the first bus under the Biden-Harris Administration’s CBP One app program arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border, marking a significant development in the new Secure Emerging Mobility Corridor initiative.
Sponsored by the Biden administration, this program facilitates the entry of illegal immigrants from Central and South America into the United States.
The program was officially launched after a meeting between President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
The Secure Emerging Mobility Corridor, managed by Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM), began operations in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, just across the border from McAllen, Texas.
As part of the initiative, illegal immigrants traveling from the Mexico-Guatemala border to U.S. entry points are provided with free transportation, meals, and security.
The program offers 1,450 daily appointment slots at various U.S. ports of entry.
The CBP One smartphone app is a key component of this program, allowing undocumented immigrants to schedule appointments for asylum claims and potentially secure permanent entry into the U.S.
Each year, over 500,000 undocumented individuals use the CBP One app to enter the country.
This program follows a contentious decision by U.S. officials to permit illegal immigrants to apply for CBP One appointments from locations further south in Mexico.
The CBP One app operates differently from the reinstated Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan programs, which collectively permit more than 1,000 illegal immigrants to enter the U.S. daily.
Combined, these initiatives contribute to the entry of over 800,000 illegal immigrants into the U.S. each day under the Biden-Harris Administration.
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Earlier this week, Alexis Nungaray, the mother of a 12-year-old girl murdered by Venezuelan immigrants, provided a poignant testimony on the dangers posed by the current border policies.
According to reports, 21-year-old Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel and 26-year-old Franklin Jose Peña Ramos allegedly strangled Nungaray’s daughter, Jocelyn, and discarded her body in a river.
Nungaray criticized the Biden-Harris administration’s border policies, particularly the Alternatives to Detention program, which allowed the suspects to be released into the U.S.
She stated, “Because of the Biden-Harris administration’s open border policies and catch-and-release system, they were enrolled in the Alternatives to Detention program. It was less than three weeks later that they took my daughter’s life.”
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) has vowed to use this testimony to underscore the impact of the Biden-Harris Administration’s border policies on American communities.
Jordan emphasized the need to address the consequences of these policies, noting, “Moms who lost loved ones due to violent crimes committed by illegal migrants” and criticized the administration for admitting 10 million people over the past three and a half years, including 99 individuals on the terrorist watch list.
