As countless asylum hearing appointments were canceled Monday, those who had already trekked across the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on the day Trump was inaugurated underwent three-hours of processing before making their their way to shelters and other temporary housing.

President Donald Trump on Monday officially shut down the Customs and Border Protection-run app designed to help schedule appointments for people seeking eligibility for asylum, closing off a pathway for migrants at the Southern border hoping to enter the United States.

Tens of thousands of migrants across Mexico had appointments to apply for U.S. asylum scheduled out through February. They were canceled by the Trump Administration.

The CBP One app, a government platform that the Biden administration used to admit more than 740,000 immigrants into the United States, was shuttered within moments of President Donald Trump taking office this afternoon.

Just as Donald Trump's inauguration concluded, Honduran asylum seeker Denia Mendez's phone buzzed with alarming news: the CBP One app, her lifeline to a new life in the US, was down.

The CBP One app has been wildly popular. It is an online lottery system to give appointments to 1,450 people a day at eight border crossings.

Existing appointments scheduled through CBP One are no longer valid,” the alert read. In a move fulfilling one of now-President Donald Trump’s campaign promises, the Trump administration shuttered the use of CBP One,

On the day of President Donald Trump's inauguration, the government application CBP One, which migrants used to submit a legal visa application, ceased functioning. The CBP One application was introduced by Joe Biden's administration to reduce illegal crossings of the Mexico-US border.