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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Uriel J. García and Alejandro Serrano

Migrants at Texas border in shock after Trump canceled their asylum appointments

Margelis Tinoco Lopez was in line for her 1pm CBP One appointment when President Trump was sworn into office and issued an executive order that immediately canceled all CBP One appointments, including her own. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on January 21, 2025.
Margelis Tinoco Lopez at El Buen Pastor migrant shelter in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico on Tuesday. Tinoco Lopez was in line for her CBP One appointment when President Donald Trump issued an executive order following his inauguration that immediately canceled all CBP One appointments. (Credit: Justin Hamel for The Texas Tribune)

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — Margelis Tinoco Lopez arrived at the border at 4 a.m. Monday for her 1 p.m. immigration appointment along with her husband and her 13-year-old son. Standing on the bridge in below-freezing weather, Lopez got an email from U.S. Customs and Border Protection that made her heart drop: “Existing appointments scheduled through the CBP One application are no longer valid.”

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