Migrants asked to use app to seek U.S. asylum; advocates raise concerns

Veronica G. Cardenas / AFP via Getty ImagesPeople in Mexico hoping for U.S. asylum are now being asked to use a mobile app, but advocates remain concerned over how the data it collects will be used and the large number of migrants who may lack the technology to use it.by the administration for some purposes but was officially expanded to allow asylum-seekers to be pre-screened. Those who qualify are given appointments for a date and port of entry where they can enter the U.S.

Many migrants have phones, but others arrive without them or have limited or no Wi-Fi access. Some lose phones or are robbed of them on their journeys. The administration wants to move away from third parties assisting people in using the apps and have people apply directly. Pinto said international organizations had access to the app previously over their own phones and were able to help provide people needing Wi-Fi and internet access.

Darryl Morin, president and CEO of Forward Latino advocacy group, said he tried the app and came away frustrated.Groups have also raised concerns about how app users' personal information will be used and stored. Pinto said the app does not hold people’s information, but the information entered on CBP One passes through other government databases, some which can hold the information for years.

On the border, Ruben Garcia, director of El Paso’s Annunciation House, which shelters migrants, said they are receiving 75 to 85 people a day who have been allowed to seek asylum to the U.S. under an exception to the pandemic law, Title 42, which allows few people to apply for asylum but contains some exceptions.

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