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    She helped other migrants seek asylum ahead of Title 42’s end. Now it’s her turn

    SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO, Mexico — After 5½ months living in a shelter across the border from Yuma, Ariz., Soraya Amaya started feeling desperate. The 22-year-old from El Salvador had applied daily for asylum appointments for her family of five using CBP One, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection mobile app that launched in January and that migrants must now use to seek humanitarian protection. ...
    by Andrea Castillo and Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times May 15, 2023 5 minutes
    Yusimy Vazquez regrets leaving Cuba with her grandson as U.S. immigration policy changes. As Cubans, they’ re supposed to apply for humanitarian parole before traveling to the U.S. But since they’ re now at a shelter a mile from California, she hopes to score an appointment through the CBP One app. She waits with her grandson for an asylum appointment at Posada Del...

    SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO, Mexico — After 5½ months living in a shelter across the border from Yuma, Ariz., Soraya Amaya started feeling desperate.

    The 22-year-old from El Salvador had applied daily for asylum appointments for her family of five using CBP One, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection mobile app that launched in January and that migrants must now use to seek humanitarian protection.

    Each day she had been met with a denial — since its launch, the application has been plagued by technical glitches and a scarcity of appointments that have shut out many migrants.

    But finally, on Thursday, her husband’s stepfather called with good news.

    “We’re leaving,” he told her. “We got it.”

    Amaya’s experience remains the exception to the rule. Just 1,000 appointments are granted daily through the app, but some migrants say they’ve recently noticed fewer glitches and more appointments being granted to those who have been waiting

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