US asylum app’s problems deeper than policy changes in Washington

It is possible that an information technology solution exists for the asylum crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border, but Washington's biometric CBP One app is likely not it.

CBP One, which is approaching its third anniversary, is back in the news as Covid health restrictions on immigration – Title 42 -- ended this week. Washington has asked those who previously had been prohibited from entry to join everyone else in using CBP One to get asylum interviews.

The implication is that …

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