DHS More Than Doubles ‘Self-Deportation’ Cash Payment but Critics Call Program Deceptive

The offer “may not last long,” the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday as it announced that a more than doubling of the stipend for those who choose to “self-deport” from $1,000 to $2,600 in honor of President Donald Trump hitting the one-year mark of his second term. But the offer also may not be legitimate at all, advocates say. 

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“Illegal aliens should take advantage of this gift and self-deport,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in the announcement.