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Thomas Graham in Mexico City

US asylum seekers in despair after Trump cancels CBP One app: ‘Start from zero again’

Woman sitting on sidewalk holds head in hand and looks at phone
Hundreds of people were stranded at the border in Tijuana, Mexico, on 20 January 2025. Photograph: Joebeth Terríquez/EPA

The train rumbled through the makeshift immigrant camp in Mexico City, blaring its horn and sending people scattering to hug the wall.

It passes through at 10am like clockwork, said the residents – almost all of whom have been planted there for months, waiting for the chance to request asylum in the US.

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