Overview

• The Department of Homeland Security is actively promoting the CBP Home mobile app to undocumented migrants, offering a $1,000 stipend and assistance with travel arrangements and documentation for those who opt to leave voluntarily.
• Applicants who submit departure intent and pass DHS security vetting through the app are deprioritized for detention or enforcement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement until their scheduled exit.
• Approved departures are expected to occur within 21 days of application approval, a timeline designed to cut deportation expenses by an estimated 70% for U.S. taxpayers.
• Eligible participants include noncriminal individuals who have had a CBP encounter and categorical parolees with expired or soon-to-expire legal status, who may preserve future eligibility to re-enter the United States legally.
• The U.S. Embassy in India has urged illegal foreign nationals to use the program immediately, citing the Homeland Security secretary’s endorsement of self-deportation as the best, safest and most cost-effective way to avoid arrest.