WASHINGTON — (AP) — A wide-ranging series of executive orders that President Donald Trump has promised to beef up security at the southern border Monday began taking effect soon after he was inaugurated Monday, making good on his defining political promise to crack down on immigration.
The Trump administration Monday ended use of a border app called CBP One that has allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States with eligibility to work.
A notice on the website of Customs and Border Protection on Monday just after Trump was sworn in let users know that the app that had been used to allow migrants to schedule appointments at eight southwest border ports of entry is no longer available. The notice said that existing appointments have been cancelled.
Other orders will rely more on the U.S. military and redefining who gets to become an American. But actual execution of such a …