Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「Each day, a few minutes before 9 a.m. at a local shelter in Juárez, Mexico, several dozen migrants gather in the dining room to pray—for a phone app to work and for a rare legal ticket across the U.S. border. ⁠ ⁠ Everyone was logging on to the same app, called CBP One, for the crucial five-minute morning window when new appointments become available. Initially developed two years ago as a way for truck drivers to more quickly pass through legal ports of entry, the app in January became the main portal to claim asylum in the U.S.⁠ ⁠ The rollout has been plagued by technical glitches, only some of which have improved in the months since. The app routinely stalls or presents error messages. It has trouble recognizing the faces of migrants with darker complexions, an issue the government has acknowledged and pledged to resolve. Migrants with more advanced cellphones, or a better cell signal or Wi-Fi connection, stand a better chance of making it through the app’s several screens to secure a slot before they run out.⁠ ⁠ The largest issue, though, is that there are far fewer appointment slots than the tens of thousands of migrants who want them. Each day, about 740 new appointments are made available—just 80 of them at the port of entry in Juárez. ⁠ ⁠ As the pandemic-era border policy known as Title 42 is set to end on May 11, the app is expected to play a central role in the government’s border-enforcement strategy. Asylum seekers at the border will be essentially barred from the country under the coming rules unless they use the appointment system.⁠ ⁠ Under the new rules, migrants who cross illegally into the U.S. without first seeking asylum in another country would be deported. Such illegal entries would also make them ineligible for the border appointment process.⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📷: @paulratje for @wsjphotos」4月28日 0時01分