Fears of a surge in illegal immigrant crossings before President-elect Donald Trump takes office appeared unfounded.

Riot police have begun amassing on the southern border in Texas moments before President Donald Trump returned to the White House. Offices could be heard saying, "Crossing beyond this point will result in arrest, prosecution, and possible application of force," in footage shared by KFOX14 News.

President Donald Trump began his term by taking a series of sweeping immigration executive actions Monday that included declaring a national emergency at the US southern border, immediately ending use of a border app called CBP One that had allowed migrants to legally enter the United States,

U.S. officials have announced the latest border data, and it suggests the Biden administration is poised to end its term without an expected bump in illegal border crossings.

Trump ends CBP One, a Biden-era border app that gave legal entry to nearly 1 million migrants with online appointments.

President Joe Biden will leave office with far lower crossing ... In its December update released Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said crossings were down 81 percent compared ...

The CBP One app has been highly popular, functioning as an online lottery system that grants appointments to 1,450 people daily at eight border crossings. These individuals enter the U.S. under immigration "parole," a presidential authority that Joe Biden has exercised more frequently than any other president since its creation in 1952.

SAN DIEGO — Migrants waiting to enter the US using former Joe Biden’s CBP One app broke down in tears after their appointments were canceled the moment President Trump took office Monday – just the first of the sweeping border actions the new administration prepared for the first day.

The Trump administration is ending 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.

The CBP One app had gained significant popularity, operating as an online lottery system that allocated appointments to 1,450 people daily.

The CBP One app that worked as recently as that morning would no longer be used to admit migrants after facilitating entry for nearly 1 million people since23.