Trump Administration Offers Migrants $1,000 to Self-Deport (1)

The Trump administration is offering undocumented migrants $1,000 and paid travel if they agree to leave the US voluntarily, the latest effort to ramp up mass deportations and slash enforcement costs.

The Department of Homeland Security said migrants who self-deport using the CBP Home app will receive the stipend once it’s verified that they’ve returned to their home country. Officials called the program a more efficient alternative to costly arrests and removals.

“If you are here illegally, self-deportation is the best, safest and most cost-effective way to leave the United States to avoid arrest,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said ...