Trump shocks with plan to PAY illegal migrants to deport themselves

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Senior Trump adviser Stephen Miller, one of the masterminds behind Trump's sweeping immigration agenda, said the long-term savings per self-deported family could be well over $1 million.
45% : Trump has noted that those who leave via the app may be allowed back in, a large selling point the administration has noted in commercials and ads asking individuals to self-deport.
42% : Trump has since repurposed the app to be used for deportation operations The president flashes a his 'Trump card,' a $5 million card that will grant legal status to live in the U.S. to migrant buyers willing to foot the price tag Trump puts his hands on a box of prize money at golf event in 2006 'The savings are as much as $1 million per illegal alien family given the long-term costs of free welfare and public support,' he wrote on X. In a statement, DHS Sec.
27% : Kristi Noem, shown standing in front of criminals at an El Salvador prison, noted how self-deportation is the safest and most cost effective way to get illegal aliens out of the U.S. A migrant shows how his asylum case was canceled after Trump was sworn into office Venezuelans awaiting deportation orders are shown at a Texas migrant facility in April 2025 Over 930,000 migrants took the Biden-era offer and used the app as a way to enter the U.S. However, since the Trump administration has taken office, DHS has now warned migrants who entered using the platform to leave the U.S. immediately.
10% : Since Noem and 'Border Czar' Tom Homan have launched an aggressive deportation operation over 150,000 illegal aliens have been removed from the U.S. since Trump took office.

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