Trump says migrants will be paid to self-deport: ‘We’re gonna give them some money and a plane ticket’
April 16, 2025 | Kevin Haggerty
President Donald Trump’s mission to make America “grande” again included previewing plans on having illegal aliens self-deport without disrupting certain economic sectors.
Attacks against conservatives claiming xenophobia over mass deportations routinely omitted the key detail that the aim was to put a stop to illegal entry into the country. During his first sit-down interview with Fox Noticias host Rachel Campos-Duffy, Trump reinforced his support for legal immigration as he announced a plan to fund illegals’ departure before America will “work with them to get them back in as quickly as we can.”
“We’re gonna give them a stipend. We’re gonna give them some money and a plane ticket, and then we’re gonna work with them — if they’re good — if we want them back in, we’re gonna work with them to get them back in as quickly as we can,” the president explained of the plan ahead of the finer points getting worked out.
During the Monday taping, Trump was shown a clip of a Mexican national who made a life for himself and his American-born children after entering the United States illegally over 20 years earlier.
“I look at this man. I say, this is a guy that we want to keep,” Trump told Campos-Duffy. “I’ll probably take heat for saying it.”
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