More than 200,000 migrants have taken Trump up on offer to get paid for self-deporting
- Offers of up to $3,000 per person have helped spur more than 200,000 migrants to "self-deport" from the U.
- — but about half made the move while locked up in detention centers, according to a report Tuesday.
- The voluntary mass exodus started slowly, with only about 24,000 people signing up during the six months after the Department of Homeland Security launched the widely advertised program in May 2025, Axios said, citing internal agency data.
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- Offers of up to $3,000 per person have helped spur more than 200,000 migrants to "self-deport" from the U.
- — but about half made the move while locked up in detention centers, according to a report Tuesday.
- The voluntary mass exodus started slowly, with only about 24,000 people signing up during the six months after the Department of Homeland Security launched the widely advertised program in May 2025, Axios said, citing internal agency data.
Sources: The Independent