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Customs and Bo9rder Patrol says if immigrants register their intent to leave the US on the CBP website and actually go, can receive assistance and a $1000 bonus.<\/p>\n
Billing it as a \u201chistoric opportunity\u201d and a \u201cdignified way to leave the U.S.,\u201d the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that those who submit an \u201cIntent to Depart\u201d through the CBP Home app will receive travel and financial assistance to return to their home countries, in addition to $1,000 paid after their return has been confirmed.<\/p>\n
The average cost for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to arrest, detain and remove an immigrant illegally in the United States is $17,121, according to DHS. The agency claims that even with the cost of the stipend, a \u201cself-deportation\u201d would decrease the cost of a deportation by about 70 percent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
No arguments over due process, voluntarily leaving rather than a public fuss – what is wrong with this idea?<\/p>\n
According to the DHS, there has already been one instance of a migrant who \u201cutilized the program\u201d and received a ticket for a flight from Chicago to Honduras. The agency also said additional tickets have been booked for this week and the following week but did not provide details. Representatives for the agency did not immediately respond to emailed questions Monday.<\/p>\n
The agency also said in its statement that migrants who voluntarily self-deport through the CBP Home app will be \u201cdeprioritized for detention and removal ahead of their departure as long as they demonstrate they are making meaningful strides in completing that departure.\u201d The agency also said migrants who participate may be able to reenter the United States legally in the future, but did not specify how.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Hey, if they learned a lesson and want to try legally – again, what is wrong with it? You know a Democrat is going to object.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is America \u2014 and a nation as aspirational as ours, strengthened by the diversity of all seeking hope and opportunity, should never be reduced to pay-to-deport,\u201d Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-New York), who formerly was an undocumented immigrant, wrote on X. \u201cWe don\u2019t bribe people to leave. We build a country where everyone belongs.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
“Reduced to pay to deport” –\u00a0 what does he want, to ship ’em off in handcuffs? Or just fly them first class, because – well, why?*<\/p>\n
Sounds like a second chance to come in the right way, and saves a lot of deportation costs. Sure, it’s not going to work on the gang-bangers and baddies – but if enough folks decide to go, law enforcement can concentrate on the REAL undesirables.<\/p>\n
* According to Wikipedia Espaillat claims that Dominican president Ulises Espaillat was his great-grandfather. Right last name, different family. Not a BAD family, just not the one he claims. \u00a0Wiki<\/a>\u00a0 At least he is keeping his claims Dominican, not a blonde trying to pass himself off as, say, Native American.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"