Trump Administration Offers $1,000 Stipend to Migrants who 'Self-Deport'

What Happened?

The Trump administration is increasing its push on immigration and deportation after offering a $1,000 incentive.

It's a new measure announced Monday by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to offer a $1,000 stipend for migrants who voluntarily 'self-deport.'

The administration sees the opportunity to persuade unauthorized immigrants through the CBP Home App by offering monetary assistance.

Those who elect would receive both financial and travel assistance to facilitate travel back to their home country, DHS revealed.

The department adds that the funds would be paid after their return to their home country has been confirmed through the mobile app.

'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),' DHS said. '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%.'

Currently, the department estimates the average cost to arrest, detain, and remove an illegal citizen is $17,121.

Why it Matters

Since Jan. 2020, the Trump administration has reportedly deported 152,000 people.

That's less compared to 195,000 deported from February to April last year under former President Joe Biden.

President Donald Trump has tried to push forth much effort to increase the deportation of illegal migrants in the U.S.

But his administration has faced much resistance nationwide amid filed lawsuits.

A lot of focus has been on the deportation of migrants to notorious prisons in El Salvador and Guantanamo Bay.

The Trump administration recently asked the Supreme Court to intervene in its attempt to strip the temporary protected status from 350,000 Venezuelans in the U.S.

In its filing, the Justice Department requested the high court block, for now, a March ruling that delayed Trump's plans to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) protections.

Trump officials accused U.S. District Judge Edward Chen of improperly overstepping the executive branch’s authority over immigration policy.

Judge Chen blocked the White House in March and found the efforts were based on Venezuelan gang-affiliated generalizations.

Solicitor General John Sauer complained that Chen 'cherry-picked' examples of racial discrimination.

The emergency appeal is one of the latest attempts by the Trump administration to end TPS for Venezuelans and other migrant nationalities.

How it Affects You

Trump is making new efforts to address the 'vicious cycle' he calls unlawful immigration.

Homeland Security previously rendered notices that instructed tens of thousands of immigrants to leave 'immediately' in hopes of ending the Biden-era TPS program.

White House attorneys have stated numerously that immigration actions fall under the president's powers.

But Trump will now turn to more persuasive methods that follow similar voluntary offers to federal workforce employees.