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Watchdog sues DHS for withholding information on CBP One phone app

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A government watchdog has sued the Biden administration for information related to its expansion of the CBP One app to admit immigrants from outside the country.

this week after its owner said the federal government failed twice to adhere to federal laws that mandate it respond to Freedom of Information Act requests last summer.

The app is run through the DHS agency U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which enforces the nation’s immigration, trade, and border laws. The app was created before the Biden administration to allow for commercial truck drivers to submit manifests digitally before arriving at a port of entry for inspection.

The move was meant to deter immigrants from illegally walking across the border, but an investigation into the app by thelast July revealed that security shortfalls allow users to overpower the technology’s geolocation parameters and request appointments from anywhere in the world.

 

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