“The ad follows an announcement by Secretary Kristi Noem tripling the incentive for illegal immigrants to self-deport, from $1,000 to $3,000. Self-deportation also includes additional benefits, such as the possibility of legally re-entering the United States in the future. Officials note that encouraging voluntary departures is significantly less expensive than forced deportations, which cost taxpayers approximately $17,000 per individual.

“This Christmas season, the U.S. taxpayer is generously TRIPLING the incentive for illegal aliens to leave voluntarily. Through the end of the year, illegal aliens who self-deport using the CBP Home App can receive a $3,000 exit bonus,” Noem wrote on X, Monday. “Illegal aliens should take advantage of this gift and self-deport because if they don’t, we will find them, we will arrest them, and they will not return.””

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