This is the false information shared on social networks about CBP One’s immigration application

The CBP One application is a free online tool available to migrants in central and northern Mexico that allows people to schedule appointments to appear at a POE (Ports of Entry) on the southwestern border, the ministry’s site explains out. States.

It emphasizes that making appointments “makes the process safer and more orderly, and the advance information sent to CBP officials creates a more efficient and simpler process for CBP and for individuals.”

Media outlets, such as the Voice of America, have exposed the type of false advice being spread through the networks about CBP One, with the intention of warning immigrants. The idea is to stop these types of malicious campaigns.

The application costs nothing, the informative site emphasizes. However, “some people on social media are deceiving migrants by promising to get deals with immigration authorities in exchange for money.

What is a CBP appointment? The safe behavior that allows foreign migrants legal passage through Mexico to reach the United States

False information on the CBP One application

On TikTok they spread videos with disinformation to sow confusion.

For example, the Voice of America says: They are confusing when sending messages like this: Tips that helped me make a CBP One appointment:

Don’t pay attention to these “recommendations”: they are false.

If you’re nervous about immigration conversations in the United States, follow these recommendations and you’ll stay calm

The Voice of America consulted a digital security expert and dismantled those “tips””.

Lies about personal matters and more

In addition to the “falsehoods” they spread about the workings of the phone, they have also taken it upon themselves to make a video covering more personal matters.

In material known to the above-mentioned media, a list of alleged ‘vulnerabilities applicable to CBP One’ appears, including

Be careful what you post on social networks: immigration reviews in the United States and you could be deported

This is real with the CBP One app

On the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs they point out:

With information from the Voice of America and the US Department of State.

(JO)