Close on the heels of the arrest of Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, Ranjani Srinivasan, an Indian-origin PhD student of the same university, leaving the US made the headlines as secretary of homeland security Kristi Noem posted the video of Srinivasan in the airport and claimed that one of the 'terrorist sympathizer' used the department's CBP Home app to self-deport.

Elon Musk took to his X profile to promote the CBP Home app assisting in self-deportation shortly after Ranjani Srinivasan relied on the feature.