Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Monday a new initiative aimed at providing travel assistance to undocumented immigrants.
Gatekeepers News reports that this program includes a $1,000 stipend for individuals who choose to voluntarily return to their home countries.
According to a statement from the DHS, the travel assistance and financial incentives will be managed through the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Home App. Undocumented individuals can utilise this app to facilitate their self-deportation process. Once their return to their home country is confirmed via the app, they will receive the $1,000 stipend.
“Self-deportation is a dignified way to leave the U.S. and will allow illegal aliens to avoid being encountered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“Even with the cost of the stipend, it is projected that the use of CBP Home will decrease the costs of a deportation by around 70 per cent. Currently, the average cost to arrest, detain, and remove an illegal alien is $17,121.
“The first use of travel assistance has already proven successful. An illegal alien that the Biden Administration allowed into our country recently utilised the program to receive a ticket for a flight from Chicago to Honduras. Additional tickets have already been booked for this week and the following week.
“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,” said Secretary Kristi Noem.
“This is the safest option for our law enforcement, aliens and is a 70% savings for US taxpayers. Download the CBP Home App TODAY and self-deport”, the statement said, adding that illegal aliens submitting their intent to voluntarily self-deport in CBP Home will also be deprioritised for detention and removal ahead of their departure as long as they demonstrate they are making meaningful strides in completing that departure.
It said participation in CBP Home Self-Deportation may help preserve the option for an illegal alien to re-enter the United States legally in the future.”
