DHS to pay illegal immigrants $1,000 to self-deport By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Monday, May 5, 2025
Homeland Security said Monday that it will pay a $1,000 reward to illegal immigrants who self-deport out of the U.S.
The move, which the department called “travel assistance,” is the latest in a full-scale push to have people leave on their own, rather than wait for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to catch up with them and begin a full, formal deportation.
Homeland Security said it not only offers a carrot to the migrants but is a good deal for taxpayers, given that the average cost to detain and deport an illegal immigrant is more than $17,000.
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