CBP Expands Program Allowing Migrants to Schedule Entry Appointments From Mexico

CBP said the move will allow people to make appointments before traveling north.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection patch on the arm of a Border Patrol agent in Mission, Texas, on July 1, 2019. Loren Elliott/Reuters

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced on Aug. 4 an expansion of a program that allows illegal immigrants to schedule appointments at eight ports of entry along the southwest border.

The expansion will allow would-be immigrants coming from the southern Mexican states of Tabasco and Chiapas to secure appointments using the CBP One app without having to travel north to do so. People coming from Northern and Central Mexico already had access to the program.