Overview

• Migrants who voluntarily self-deport using the CBP Home app will receive $1,000 and airfare, with payments confirmed upon return to their home country.
• The program promises reduced enforcement priority by ICE and potential eligibility for future legal reentry for participants.
• DHS projects the initiative will save U.S. taxpayers significantly, reducing deportation costs from $17,000 to $4,500 per individual.
• The CBP Home app, repurposed from a Biden-era asylum tool, facilitates voluntary returns as part of Trump’s broader immigration enforcement strategy.
• A Honduran migrant has already utilized the program, with additional departures scheduled in the coming weeks.