From The Hill: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is offering migrants living in the U.S. illegally a $3,000 stipend to voluntarily self-deport by the end of the year.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Monday that DHS is tripling the so-called exit bonus for migrants who register to self-deport through the CBP Home app before the end of the year. The department will also provide a free ticket and will forgive any civil fines or penalties owed for overstaying visas or otherwise failing to leave the country.
“If you voluntarily want to go home now to your country, if you’re in this United States of America illegally, we will give you $3,000 through the holidays to send you home. We’ll buy you a ticket, give you $3,000 to go home — and that includes people that have not been detained, maybe have interacted with us, are detained and don’t have criminal charges against them,” Noem said in an interview on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends.”
“Raise your hand. We’ll help you get home, we’ll facilitate it, and you might get the chance to come back to this country the right way someday,” she continued. “If you wait until we interdict you and detain you and arrest you and have to deport you ourselves, you’ll never get the chance to come back.”
Noem quipped, “It’s ‘home for the holidays’ season.”
Posting a video clip of her announcement, Noem wrote, “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.
“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.”
WATCH BELOW:
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.
Illegal aliens should take advantage of this… pic.twitter.com/AKQZChPYfZ
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) December 22, 2025
In a separate post, Homeland Security announced:
$3,000 TO LEAVE NOW. In addition to a free flight home, illegal aliens can sign up to self-deport through the CBP Home app by the end of the year to receive a $3,000 stipend once they return.
If you do not self-deport, we will find you, we will arrest you, and you will never be able to return to the United States.
$3,000 TO LEAVE NOW.
In addition to a free flight home, illegal aliens can sign up to self-deport through the CBP Home app by the end of the year to receive a $3,000 stipend once they return.
If you do not self-deport, we will find you, we will arrest you, and you will never be… pic.twitter.com/aPouoh0Ouu
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) December 22, 2025
CLICK HERE to read the DHS press release on the officer, with full details.
DHS Now Offering $3K Holiday Stipend Through End of The Year Via the CBP Home App for Illegal Aliens to Leave Nowhttps://t.co/NPcqatvGT7
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) December 22, 2025
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