Trump signs EO offering illegal migrants 'exit bonus' in first-ever self-deportation program

President Donald Trump connected Friday signed an enforcement bid establishing the archetypal ever self-deportation program which incentivizes amerciable migrants to voluntarily permission the state successful a escaped formation and with a currency bonus.

The caller program, titled "Project Homecoming," authorizes government-funded flights and offers money to amerciable migrants consenting to self-deport. 

Trump announced the signing of the bid successful a video station connected Truth Social and said that the programme volition extremity up redeeming taxpayers "billions and billions" of dollars. 

President Donald Trump announcing the constitution of the archetypal ever self-deportation programme which incentivizes amerciable migrants to voluntarily permission the country. (@realDonaldTrump via Truth Social)

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"We are making it arsenic casual arsenic imaginable for illegal aliens to permission America. Any amerciable alien tin simply amusement up astatine an airdrome and person a escaped formation retired of our country," Trump said. 

"Illegals tin publication a escaped formation to immoderate overseas state arsenic agelong arsenic it's not here. You tin spell anyplace you want."

Trump added that amerciable migrants volition beryllium offered a "very important exit bonus" to leave. 

Homeland Security said earlier this week that migrants would beryllium offered a $1,000 stipend each to leave. The section said this volition beryllium 70% cheaper for American taxpayers, arsenic it presently costs DHS, connected average, implicit $17,000 to arrest, detain, and deport someone.

"This deportation bonus volition prevention American taxpayers billions and billions of dollars," Trump said.

Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States get astatine Simon Bolivar International Airport successful Maiquetia, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)

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He advised amerciable migrants to usage the Homeland Security CBP One app to put their deportations. The Biden-era app was antecedently utilized to expedite migrants to docket appointments astatine authoritative ports of introduction earlier they were paroled into the U.S. That relation was ended connected the archetypal time of Trump’s 2nd word and the app is present being utilized to promote migrants to self-deport and notify immoderate migrants that their ineligible presumption has been revoked.

Trump said that determination would beryllium stiff consequences for those who bash not comply with his order, but added that migrants who person behaved successful the U.S. whitethorn get a accidental to travel backmost successful – arsenic agelong arsenic they travel the rules of the caller plan.

"Illegal aliens who enactment successful America look punishments, including important jailhouse time, tremendous fiscal penalties, confiscation of each property, garnishment of each wages, imprisonment and incarceration and abrupt deportation, successful a place, and mode solely of our discretion," Trump said.

"So to each amerciable aliens who publication your escaped formation close now, we privation you retired of America. But if you're truly good, we're going to effort and assistance you get backmost in."

This divided shows the CBP One app and Homrland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ((Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP and Sandy Huffaker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The White House said the fiscal incentives volition payment Americans successful the long-term, fixed it estimates that amerciable migrants volition outgo taxpayers $150 cardinal successful FY 2023 alone. 

"Over the past 4 years, the United States has endured a full-scale penetration of aliens entering and remaining successful the state illegally, causing a relentless onslaught of crime, vagrancy, violence, and decease successful countless American communities," the White House said successful a statement.

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"This lawless penetration has besides constricted the capableness of American schools and hospitals to supply for American citizens and has diverted billions of dollars successful Federal, State, and section societal services from Americans successful need."

Trump besides took a changeable astatine erstwhile President Biden, whose medication oversaw grounds numbers of border crossers.

"What Biden did to this state tin ne'er beryllium explained. Will never, ever beryllium accepted. Eventually, erstwhile the illegals are gone, it volition prevention america trillions of dollars," Trump said.