Mayor Cruz Perez Cuellar of Ciudad Juarez expressed readiness to handle a potential influx of migrants as U.S. policies under President Donald Trump

A video shot over two years ago at the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, has been falsely described on social media in January 2025 as showing migrants having “just” forced their way into the U.S.

Mexican authorities have begun constructing giant tent shelters in the city of Ciudad Juarez to prepare for a possible influx of Mexicans deported under U.S. President Donald Trump‘s promised mass deportations.

Several migrants said they had recently arrived in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico after weeks of travel, only to find their CBP One appointments were cancelled.

Hours after Trump’s inauguration, his administration canceled appointments allowing migrants to enter the U.S. to request asylum, leaving many of them stranded on the U.S.-Mexico border.

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In more than 21 actions, Trump has moved to overhaul parts of the US immigration system, including how migrants are processed and deported from the US. The White House has since publicised some of these efforts. On Friday, the new White House Press Secretary shared images of deportation flights being carried out by military cargo planes.

The Trump administration has ended use of the border app called CBP One that allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States.

(AP Photo/Felix Marquez) Vehicles traverse highways in El Paso, Texas, left, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, right, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez ) A migrant woman from the Mexican state of ...

The Trump administration has shut down the CBP One app for migrants. The Biden-era process allowed nearly 1 million migrants to enter the US at legal border crossings. We reported that an estimated 270,000 migrants are waiting in Mexico, hoping to use the app to enter the US. https://t.co/pIKlzjspjA pic.twitter.com/8Cpv1IcLhj

Troops arrived at Fort Bliss over the weekend as part of President Donald Trump's executive order to deploy military personnel to the U.S. southern border. "It's wrong that they act like this because of Trump," Elizabeth De La Rosa said.

The CBP One app has been highly popular, functioning as an online lottery system that grants appointments to 1,450 people daily at eight border crossings. These individuals enter the U.S. under immigration "parole," a presidential authority that Joe Biden has exercised more frequently than any other president since its creation in 1952.