Trump administration says it’ll pay immigrants in the US illegally $1,000 to leave the country
- The Trump administration announced on May 5, 2025, it will pay immigrants in the U.S. illegally $1,000 to leave voluntarily using the CBP Home app.
- This initiative follows the administration’s broader effort to advance a costly and resource-intensive mass deportation agenda focused on immigration enforcement.
- The government will cover travel expenses and will lower the priority of enforcement actions against individuals who register their departure plans using the CBP Home app.
- DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said, “Download the CBP Home App TODAY and self-deport,” estimating this method reduces deportation costs by about 70 percent compared to traditional enforcement.
- This policy encourages self-deportation as a safer, more cost-effective alternative for both immigrants and law enforcement, while the administration seeks increased funding for removal operations.
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Trump administration offers undocumented immigrants $1,000 to leave the country
The Trump administration announced a plan Monday to try to ramp up the number of deportations: paying undocumented immigrants $1,000 if they return to their home country voluntarily.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security offers US$1000 to irregular migrants who will leave the country voluntarily.
U.S. offers $1,000 stipend to encourage migrants to self-deport
The Trump administration will offer a $1,000 stipend and travel assistance to migrants who elect to voluntarily "self deport" from the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security said on Monday. The stipend and potential airfare for migrants who voluntarily depart would cost less than an actual deportation, the agency said.…
Donald Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the U.S. illegally $1K to leave
Pushing forward with its mass deportation agenda, President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it would pay $1,000 to immigrants who are in the United States illegally and return to their home country voluntarily. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a news release that it would also pay for travel assistance — and that people who use an app called CBP Home to tell the government they plan to return home will be “deprior…
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