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Cash incentive doubled for self-deportations, Trump administration announces

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security raised the self-deportation stipend from $1,000 to $2,600, offering free flights and fine forgiveness to nearly 100,000 app users, saving taxpayers over $13,000 each.

  • DHS increased its cash stipend for self-deportation via the CBP Home app from $1,000 to $2,600, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Wednesday.
  • To mark the administration's first year, DHS said the higher stipend celebrates this milestone and builds on the May rollout of $1,000 stipends plus the holiday $3,000 offer under Project Homecoming.
  • Under the program, those who enroll through the app receive a free flight home and potential fine forgiveness, with DHS saying nearly 2.2 million voluntarily returned and nearly 100,000 app users last year.
  • But watchdogs and analysts questioned DHS's figures, noting the $2,600 stipend "may not last long," while Brookings Institution and news investigations cited by critics raised concerns about eligibility and payment delays.
  • Funded with $250 million shifted from refugee resettlement, the program faces questions as media investigations and the Migration Policy Institute/European University Institute study say many self-deportations lacked promised help and large-scale returns often fail.
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The United States announced this Wednesday that it will increase to $2,600 the economic incentive it offers to migrants, who are in the country irregularly, to leave voluntarily or “self-sport.” This was reported in a statement by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where it referred to this increase in the incentive – before $1,000 – as a “gift” for the anniversary since Republican Donald Trump took office. In the paper, DHS said that si…

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Just the News broke the news in Washington, United States on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
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