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Pedro Camacho

Migrants Seeking Self-Deportation Say CBP App Leaves Them Stranded: 'They Took My Documents at the Border'

CBP Home App interface (Credit: Screengrab from CBP Youtube channel)

Migrants attempting to leave the U.S. voluntarily under the Trump administration's "Project Homecoming" report that the CBP Home app—the main tool for self-deportation—often leaves them stuck in legal limbo, unable to board flights or obtain proper documents.

Jairo Sequeira, a Nicaraguan immigrant, was denied boarding on a United Airlines flight in Texas in May despite carrying a printed confirmation from the CBP Home app, as Telemundo reported.

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