Word began to spread quickly in the Tijuana migrant shelter Monday, even as President Donald Trump continued to deliver his inauguration speech. Nidia Montenegro, an asylum seeker from Venezuela, checked her cellphone to see if the asylum screening appointment she’d waited so long to secure was still good for Wednesday morning.

By Lizbeth Diaz, Laura Gottesdiener and Alexandra Ulmer TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Nidia Montenegro fled violence and poverty at home in Venezuela, survived a kidnapping as she traveled north into Mexico,

The CBP One app that worked as recently as that morning would no longer be used to admit migrants after facilitating entry for nearly 1 million people since23.

The new government plans to shut down the CBP One appointment system, leaving thousands of people in limbo as they wait in Mexico for an opportunity to request asylum in the United States

President Donald Trump has signed executive orders to beef up security at the southern border that began taking effect hours after he was inaugurated.

Nidia Montenegro, a Venezuelan woman seeking asylum, reached the U.S. border in Tijuana only to find her long-awaited appointment canceled amid President Trump's national emergency declaration. Thousands face similar despair as border policies shift,

The Trump administration Monday ended use of a border app called CBP One that has allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States with eligibility to work.

The president moved quickly to cancel the CPB One app, which allowed migrants to schedule appointments to gain entry into the United States, turning away potentially tens of thousands of migrants.

Residents in the South Bay are hoping that the replacement for outgoing county supervisor Nora Vargas will prioritize addressing the ongoing Tijuana sewage crisis.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s promises to beef up security at the southern border with Mexico began taking effect soon after he was inaugurated Monday, making good on his defining political promise to crack down on immigration and marking another wild swing in White House policy on the divisive issue.

Kenneth Genalo, director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's New York City field office, holds an information sheet on Wilmer Patricio Medina-Medina

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is going to issue a series of orders aimed at remaking America’s immigration policies, ending asylum access, sending troops to the southern border and ending birthright citizenship, an incoming White House official said.