US expands slots for asylum app at land crossings as demand overwhelms supply

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% :Nuñez-Neto called CBP One a "safe and orderly option" during a visit to Harlingen, Texas.
60% : CBP One is for people of any nationality who apply in central and northern and northern Mexico and enter by land.
56% : After pandemic-related asylum restrictions ended May 11, the Biden administration continued its embrace of a carrot-and-stick approach to the border, introducing a general ban on asylum for people who travel through other countries, like Mexico, and enter the U.S. illegally.
54% : U.S. authorities are trying to funnel people to "legal pathways" like CBP One and parole for up to 30,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who apply online with a financial sponsor and arrive by air.
53% : U.S. authorities on Thursday expanded slots to seek asylum at land crossings with Mexico through a mobile app for the second time in less than a month, seeking to dispel doubts it isn't a viable option.
31% : Hernandez, a Guatemalan who plans to seek asylum while living with a childhood friend in Kansas City, Missouri, said he had received countless "system error" messages before confirming a slot.

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