First Trump $1,000 “self-deport” flight conducted by DHS
Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced that it would pay $1000 to every noncitizen who self deports. The paid for self deportations have begun!
Rebecca Beitsch for The Hill reports that the “Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has conducted its first charter flight for migrants who agreed to `self-deport’ . . . The flight took 64 citizens of Colombia and Honduras to their home country.”
UPDATE (May 21):
The DHS publicity efforts about the flight were even too much for some MAGA supporter.
Today, DHS conducted the first Project Homecoming charter flight from Houston, TX, to Honduras and Colombia, bringing 64 participants who opted to self-deport back to their home countries.
All participants were offered the same benefits as any illegal alien who self-deports… pic.twitter.com/r0uAFejUVh
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) May 19, 2025
Who is this for?
Who does this help? pic.twitter.com/ZVKB4PUiqC
— Steve Arnold (@SA_Gunnison) May 20, 2025
KJ