For one Honduran single mom fleeing threats, Trump dashes American dream

FILE PHOTO: A family from Honduras who have been seeking asylum for the past thirteen months waits inside a migrant shelter ahead of their appointment made through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP One application scheduled for January 21, a day after the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, January 19, 2025. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico (Reuters) - Shortly after Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. president on Monday, Honduran migrant Denia Mendez's phone started buzzing with news that the app she had used to book her U.S. asylum appointment was down.

Afraid of what this meant for her long-awaited appointment on Jan. 21, Mendez, sitting in the patio of a migrant shelter in the Mexican border town of Piedras Negras, called her teenage daughter Sofia who had the CBP One appointment app on her phone.