A nurse who fled Cuba as part of the Caribbean nation's largest exodus in more than six decades needed a place to stay in Mexico as she waited to legally enter the U.S. using a government app.

CBP Home replaces an earlier app that allowed migrants to sign up for asylum interviews at the US-Mexico border.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection app, CBP Home, will allow users to signal their "intent to depart," the agency said.

Previously known as CBP One under former President Joe Biden, CBP Home is being touted by the administration as the safest way for those without legal status to leave the country.

Moments after Trump took office, the earlier version of the app, CBP One, stopped allowing migrants to apply for asylum, and tens of thousands of border appointments were canceled. More than ...