Jose Luis Perez Canchola warned that the city was not prepared for President Trump’s plan for mass deportations and the cancellation of asylum appointments.

Hundreds of thousands of migrants lost scheduled appointments after CBP One app was disabled, creating uncertainty at the US-Mexico border.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Wednesday it has begun deploying 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border, putting in motion plans President Donald Trump laid out in executive orders shortly after he took office to crack down on immigration.

The Mexican government opened a temporary shelter on Saturday in the border city of Tijuana, to house migrants deported from the United States under Donald Trump's administration. Camera: ALEX COSSIO.

President Trump took action to close the nation’s southern border and terminate a widely used app. Many migrants expressed despair, and some moved to cross the border anyway.

The initial blow came with the end of CBP One, stranding thousands of asylum seekers with and without appointments

Trump officials reveal generating large numbers of deportations, not apprehending criminals, is the administration’s chief immigration goal.

Migrant shelters in Tijuana — located across the border from San Diego, California — are bracing for a possible surge in the influx of migrants should US President Donald Trump carry out his mass deportation plan.

January 26, 2025 – SAN DIEGO, CA – Alleged Sinaloa Cartel cell leader Octavio Leal-Hernandez, aka Chapito Leal, who is believed responsible for trafficking large amounts of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and marijuana into the United States from Mexico, appeared in federal court on Thursday following his extradition from Mexico last Wednesday.

The Trump administration has ended use of the border app called CBP One that allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States.

Mexico was raising sprawling tents on the U.S. border Wednesday as it braced for President Donald Trump to fulfill his pledge to reverse mass migration

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