Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., told Newsmax on Tuesday that he warned his Democrat colleagues that the CBP One app would someday help President Donald Trump track down illegal immigrants and deport them.

Lankford joined “Carl Higbie FRONTLINE” on the day the Trump administration revoked legal status for the 900,000-plus migrants who enrolled since the Biden administration began using the app as a tool for illegal migrants to schedule asylum claims in January 2023.

“This is something I kept ringing the bell on for years to the Biden administration, telling my Democratic colleagues, you’ve set up an app that’s literally going to allow President Trump to be able to grab all these folks up and identify exactly where they are,” Lankford said.

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