Overview
- Migrants who self-deport using the CBP Home App will receive $1,000 after their return is confirmed, along with paid travel expenses.
- The Department of Homeland Security projects the program will cut deportation costs from $17,121 to approximately $4,500 per person.
- Participants who declare their intent to leave are deprioritized for detention and removal by immigration enforcement.
- The CBP Home App, repurposed from the Biden-era CBP One App, facilitates the program as part of President Trump’s broader immigration enforcement agenda.
- The first beneficiary, a Honduran migrant, has already used the program, with additional flights scheduled in the coming weeks.