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DHS triples self-deportation payment to $3,000

Original: "SICK": using Dorothy:🚨"An interesting way to announce that # DHS is desperate enough that they've increased the CBP Hom

The Department of Homeland Security has raised the payment offered to migrants who voluntarily self-deport through the CBP Home app from $1,000 to $3,000, tripling the original amount introduced in 2025 after Trump took office. Critics reacted with disgust, saying the increase signals desperation within the agency as it struggles to meet removal targets.

Why now: News that DHS quietly tripled the self-deportation incentive has drawn strong reactions from critics of US immigration policy.

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• "SICK": using Dorothy:🚨"An interesting way to announce that # DHS is desperate enough that they've increased the CBP Home amt from $2,600 to $3,000, which is triple the original $1,000 offered in 2025 after Trump took off" -adding that DHS had "quietly" upped the payment on… · KimPerales@toad.social · 3

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