Trump hits thousands with surprise deportation notice email - including US citizens

Source: Independent

Wednesday 23 April 2025 05:16 BST


When immigration attorney Hubert Montoya was sent an email by the US Department of Homeland Security telling him to leave the country or risk being deported, he says his first reaction was to laugh. “I just thought it was absurd,” the US citizen based in Austin, Texas said.

But as the Trump administration continues to dismantle the immigration polices of its predecessors, more and more people are getting caught up in the mass deportation drive.

US Customs and Border Protection is now quietly revoking two-year permits granted in the Biden-era of people who used an online appointment app at US border crossings with Mexico called CBP One. Starting in January 2023, this process has seen more than 900,000 people enter the country.

The cancellation of CBP One permits has so far lacked the attention or formality of President Donald Trump’s move to cancel Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of people whose homelands were previously deemed unsafe for return. This also extends to humanitarian parole for others from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who came with financial sponsors.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-migration-mass-deportation-cbp-one-b2737752.html