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Last Updated:May 05, 2025, 21:40 IST
The potential airfare for migrants and stipends who voluntarily depart would cost less than an actual deportation.
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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the Donald Trump administration will offer $1,000 and travel assistance to undocumented immigrants who voluntarily return to their home countries.
According to a release, the department said that self-deportation is the best, safest and most cost-effective way to leave the United States to avoid arrest.
“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," Secretary Kristi Noem said, according to the news agency.
Trump’s campaign has centred on stringent immigration enforcement and mass deportation of undocumented immigrants in the US. However, executing this plan poses significant challenges due to its substantial cost and resource requirements.
The average cost of arresting, detaining and deporting someone without legal status is currently about $17,000, according to the DHS.
The agency emphasised that the potential airfare for migrants and stipends who voluntarily depart would cost less than an actual deportation.
“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," the agency said.
“Additional tickets have already been booked for this week and the following week," it added.
The Trump administration has deported approximately 1,52,000 individuals since January 20, significantly fewer than the 195,000 deported during a comparable period (February to April) under the Biden administration last year.
Location :United States of America (USA)
First Published:News world Trump Administration Offers $1,000 Stipends To Migrants To ‘Self-Deport’
