Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday it's increasing the stipend it's offering to undocumented immigrants if they self-deport by the end of 2025.
The so-called exit bonus will be tripled from $1,000 to $3,000 if a person self-deports through Customs and Border Patrol.
"Since January 2025, 1.9 million illegal aliens have voluntarily self-deported and tens of thousands have used the CBP Home program," a statement from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said.
"During the Christmas season, the U.S. taxpayer is so generously tripling the incentive to leave voluntarily for those in this country illegally -- offering a $3,000 exit bonus, but just until the end of the year. 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 never return."
The Trump administration began the stipend program in May as a way to incentivize undocumented immigrants to voluntarily leave the country. The administration described the program as a "concierge service."
