Officials say capacity issues at the San Ysidro Port of Entry caused them to stop accepting asylum seekers scheduled to present at the border to request protection
San Diego Customs and Border Protection officers are canceling appointments meant to allow particularly vulnerable asylum seekers into the United States while pandemic border policies continue to limit who can enter the country.
The program to set appointments for certain asylum seekers is the result of a temporary agreement between the federal government and the American Civil Liberties Union in a lawsuit challenging the legality of a border policy that began under the Trump administration during the pandemic and continued under President Biden.That policy, known as Title 42, allows border officials to immediately expel asylum seekers and other migrants to Mexico or their countries of origin.
“CBP’s casual cruelty — telling people that they would finally be able to sleep safely then taking it away at the last minute — has managed to put people who were already highly vulnerable into even more precarious situations,” Webb said. “Any alleged capacity issues that CBP may have had could have been addressed and communicated in a way that didn’t leave dozens of people sleeping on the streets of Tijuana.
One woman from Honduras whose family was initially scheduled to enter Saturday worried about how she would be able to afford diapers for her baby since her husband had already quit his job in anticipation of their appointment.
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