If they don’t self-deport, ‘we will find them, we will arrest them, and they will not return,’ the DHS Secretary Noem said.
On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recalled that the United States has tripled its stipend offer to migrants who choose to “self-deport” from the country by New Year’s Eve to US$3,000.
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The stipend, along with a free flight back to migrants’ home countries, will be provided to those living in the United States illegally who sign up to leave by the end of the year.
“Using the CBP Home app also qualifies recipients for forgiveness of any civil fines or penalties for failing to depart the country,” the DHS said.
The app is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) mobile application designed “to incentivize the voluntary self-departure of aliens illegally in the United States.”
This isn’t “just border security.” It’s DNA surveillance. Reports show DHS/CBP have collected DNA from migrants, including children, and uploaded profiles into the FBI’s criminal DNA database (CODIS).https://t.co/9iKfKAsWGC
— Austin Kocher, PhD (@ackocher) December 22, 2025
“Illegal aliens should take advantage of this gift and self-deport because if they don’t, we will find them, we will arrest them, and they will not return,” the DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said on X.
The DHS in May set the stipend at US$1,000, noting that the amount is far less than the roughly 17,000 dollars required to “arrest, detain and remove” someone without legal status.
U.S. President Donald Trump has made mass deportations a priority in his second term, targeting those he claims entered the country illegally under the previous administration.
According to the DHS, the United States has recorded 605,000 deportations and 1.9 million self-deportations under its enforcement operations since Trump returned to office in January 2025.
In her daily morning #pressconference, the President of #Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, condemned the criminalization of #migrants, stating that the best way to reduce mass migration is to #invest in the countries of origin. pic.twitter.com/gjFsOy90FM
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