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The Department of Homeland Security said on Monday that migrants who were allowed to live in the U.S. by using the CBP One app have been told to leave the country immediately.
The change could impact more than 900,000 people who were allowed into the country using the app since January 2023.
“Canceling these paroles is a promise kept to the American people to secure our borders and protect national security,” the Department of Homeland Security media affairs unit said in response to questions, the Associated Press reported.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also urged illegal immigrants to self-deport following the Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday allowing the Trump administration to deport migrant criminals.
“President Trump was proven RIGHT once again! SCOTUS confirms our Commander-in-Chief Donald J. Trump has the power to stop the invasion of our country by terrorists using war time powers. LEAVE NOW or we will arrest you, lock you up and deport you,” Noem posted to X.
The move comes after significant progress to reduce illegal border crossings under the Trump administration, including the number of unaccompanied migrant children at the nation’s southern border, which hit an all-time low in March, according to a report released on Friday.
The exclusive findings by The Daily Signal revealed that the U.S. Border Patrol encountered 631 unaccompanied alien children last month, down 97 percent from the Biden administration’s high of 18,716 in March 2021.
“March was the lowest number of unaccompanied children arriving at our southern border in recorded history,” Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, told The Daily Signal.
An average of 11,132 unaccompanied children were encountered at the southern border each month under the Biden administration, the report added.
According to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the record-low numbers are part of a large drop in Border Patrol encounters in March.
“Under President @realdonaldtrump, our borders are more secure than ever in American history. Border Patrol encounters for the month of March were 7,181 total. Compare that to the ~160,000 average monthly encounters under Joe Biden. Thank you to the patriotic @CBP men and women who work every day to make this country safe again,” she posted to X on Wednesday.
