Overview
- Migrants who enroll in the CBP Home app by December 31 can receive $3,000 and a free flight to their home country, according to DHS.
- The payment temporarily triples a May incentive that offered $1,000 plus airfare for voluntary return.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem warned that those who refuse voluntary return risk arrest, deportation, and losing any chance to come back legally.
- DHS says participants will have certain civil sanction processes nullified, which distinguishes the program from formal deportation and could ease future immigration steps without firm timelines.
- Officials report 1.9 million voluntary departures since January 2025 and promote the program as cheaper than detention and removal, while immigrant‑rights groups criticize potential coercion and unclear return safeguards.