Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., wants more answers from DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the CBP One app -- which has draw criticism and Hawley has quizzed Mayorkas on.
"You told me at the hearing that the app was available to a limited number of persons. But you also said ‘tens of thousands’ of migrants have used it. And your Department has pledged to"expan[d] access to the app in Central Mexico"—so even more migrants can schedule their border crossing," he said."That is far from limited."
"Nothing in this new program requires you to actually seek asylum somehow. We decided to punish those who arrive at the border without the app who may be seeking asylum. But we just let in anybody who may or may not have any particular reason to seek asylum so long as they've made an appointment on your Ticketmaster app," Hawley said in the hearing.
"Migrants who use CBP One to get across the border are unlikely to face consequences for years: frivolously claiming asylum ensures that an illegal migrant can stay in the United States almost indefinitely, while their asylum claim remains caught up in a massive backlog. And even if they ultimately lose their asylum cases, DHS won’t deport them anyway," he said, a reference to data showing a continued drop in deportations under the administration.
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