Tuberville: Trump’s plan to ‘bait’ migrants to leave country for $1,000 ‘a heroic effort’
Published: May. 05, 2025, 4:26 p.m.
By Howard Koplowitz | hkoplowitz
@AL.com
President Trump’s offer of $1,000 and a free flight to any migrant who leaves the country has the backing of Alabama’s senior U.S. senator.
“President Trump’s probably putting a little bait out there for them, saying, ‘listen, we’ll pay you $1,000 to go back … it costs much more than $1,000 to run these people down, transport them to the border, transport them to wherever they want to go,’" Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala. said during an appearance Monday on Newsmax.
Earlier in the day, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the proposal: migrants who sign up via the CBP Home app will be given a $1,000 stipend and a free flight out of the country and will be deprioritized for deportation.
https://www.al.com/politics/2025/05/tuberville-trumps-plan-to-bait-migrants-to-leave-country-for-1000-a-heroic-effort.html
