Trump administration says it'll pay immigrants in the US illegally $1,000 to leave the country

[Eugene]

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Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says it is going to pay immigrants in the United States illegally who’ve returned to their home country voluntarily $1,000 as it pushes forward with its mass deportation agenda.

The Department of Homeland Security said in a news release Monday that it’s also paying for travel assistance and that those people who use an app called CBP Home to tell the government that they plan to return home will be “deprioritized” for detention and removal by immigration enforcement.

“If you are here illegally, self-deportation is the best, safest and most cost-effective way to leave the United States to avoid arrest. DHS is now offering illegal aliens financial travel assistance and a stipend to return to their home country through the CBP Home App,” Secretary Kristi Noem said.

President Donald Trump has made immigration enforcement and the mass deportation of immigrants in the U.S. illegally a centerpiece of his campaign, but that is a costly, resource-intensive endeavor.

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By REBECCA SANTANA
Updated 11:19 AM EDT, May 5, 2025


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-mass-deportation-payment-border-illegal-c459325c4a73dba0d5a89fa19dbee334

[bluestarone]

1. Yea, just trust me.

That will work really good.

[Klarkashton]

2. Did congress authorize these payments? Or is this

Another "emergency"?

[FBaggins]

3. There likely isn't any need to

It's likely much cheaper than most of the alternative ways of deporting someone who isn't in the country legally.

[underpants]

5. Sounds like a sweeeet deal

So I can get a free flight to Aruba AND $1,000?
Sign me up.

I can always come back and keep reaping all that Soros money.

[Miguelito Loveless]

8. More likely

it is a ploy to get people to sign up for the app and provide their address so ICE can raid their house. Trump isn't interested in cheap, he is interested in spectacle.

[highplainsdem]

4. Dupe. Earlier thread:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143453617

But the AP article here would be helpful in a reply to that OP about a Reuters story.

[jmbar2]

6. I'm guessing it's a trap

They'll likely arrest everyone who applies.

[Raven123]

7. My thoughts exactly

[Omaha Steve]

9. AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING

DUPE of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143453617

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