Trump CBP’s App Shutdown Is a Gift to Mexico’s Cartel Smugglers

There were few fond obituaries in the American press last week when the Trump administration announced that it was shutting down CBP One, the app immigrants had once been able to use to schedule asylum appointments with US Customs and Border Protection. Even before the administration largely disabled the app in January, immigrant-rights advocates had complained for years that the software was glitchy and difficult to use. They also said it helped officials illegally limit the flow of asylum seekers into the country, while MAGA types tarred it for supposedly making entry too easy.

South of the border, however, the app ...