US expands area in Mexico to apply for border asylum appointments, hoping to slow push north


US expands area in Mexico to apply for border asylum appointments, hoping to slow push north

As soon as she stepped onto Mexican soil this week, Venezuelan migrant Yuri Carolina Meléndez downloaded the U.S. government’s app to apply for asylum appointments.The CBP One app has been around, but as of Friday migrants in Mexico’s southernmost states bordering Guatemala will be able to apply for appointments. Previously, they had to be in central or northern Mexico.