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.

Trump administration officials minutes after the new president took office on Monday shut down a mobile app for migrants to make appointments at the U.S.-Mexico border. By shutting down the CBP

CBP One was used by the Biden administration to allow hundreds of thousands of migrants into the country to pursue asylum claims.

The flurry of attempted illegal crossing along the U.S.-Mexico border comes just 72 hours before Trump's inauguration. Border Patrol agents dissuaded and easily rounded the few migrants to face criminal charges of illegally entering the U.S.

President Donald Trump announced severe new restrictions on immigration and asylum in the United States hours after taking office Monday, declaring that he will send troops to the US-Mexico border

The troops will assist border patrol agents with logistics, transportation, and barrier construction, tasks they have handled during previous deployments.