NEW: Trump administration repurposes CBP One app to aid self-deportation

The Department of Homeland Security is announcing the change, as reported by Fox News reporter Bill Melugin. "DHS tells me any migrants who had the prior CBP One app will have it auto update to this new app, & DHS can use data from prior CBP One registrations to track migrants for removal," Melugin wrote on X.

"The new app allows illegal aliens and migrants in the US to register with CBP to self deport. They fill out biographical information, including their countries of citizenship, which country they plan to return to, their alien registration numbers, contact information, and it allows them to upload photos of themselves to confirm their identity. All of it is then submitted to CBP, and they leave the country," Melugin added.

According to Fox News, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said of the update, "The Biden Administration exploited the CBP One App to allow more than 1 million aliens to illegally enter the United States. With the launching of the CBP Home App, we are restoring integrity to our immigration system."

The app allows illegal immigrants to "submit intent to depart" from the United States and submit information to show they have intent to leave the US and to verify when they have departed.

"The CBP Home App gives aliens the option to leave now and self-deport, so they may still have the opportunity to return legally in the future and live the American dream. If they don’t, we will find them, we will deport them, and they will never return," Noem added.

As the Trump administration has taken shape since Inauguration Day, the president has moved quickly to have illegal immigrants deported from the country, starting with those that are public safety threats or are part of gangs such as Tren de Aragua.

During the Biden administration, the CBP One app was used by immigrants to set up an appointment at the border to claim asylum, whether those claims were valid or not, and the vast majority of the time were brought into the US with an immigration court date, sometimes several years down the road.