Federal judge rules DHS illegally stripped immigration status from thousands who entered through CBP One App

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by Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
April 1, 2026
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A federal judge ruled DHS illegally revoked immigration status for thousands who used the official CBP One app.

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A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Department of Homeland Security illegally revoked immigration status for thousands of people who entered the United States through the CBP One app. The ruling reinstates the immigration status of those applicants whose status had been terminated by DHS. The decision directly challenges the Trump administration's approach to processing asylum claims through the mobile application system. The judge found DHS lacked legal authority to strip the status retroactively from people who had been admitted through the official program.

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A federal judge ruled that DHS lacked legal authority to retroactively strip immigration status from people admitted through the CBP One program and reinstated their status.

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