How Trump's "self-deportation" machine has ramped up
Summary
President Trump's "self-deportation" program, called Project Homecoming, pays unauthorized immigrants to leave the U.S. The program has helped around 132,000 people leave and aims to remove 1 million unauthorized immigrants each year.Key Facts
- Project Homecoming started last year with nearly $600 million in funding.
- About 132,000 immigrants have left the U.S. through the program through mid-July.
- Around 70,000 more have signed up and are expected to leave soon.
- The program offers a cash payment that increased from $1,000 to as much as $3,000 at one point.
- About half of the self-deportations involve immigrants held in immigration detention centers.
- People in detention leave faster, spending an average of 17 days in detention instead of 50.
- Removing an immigrant through self-deportation costs about $2,500, less than the usual $18,245 for forced removals.
- The government plans to spend about $2.5 billion in savings from the program and is seeking new contracts to continue it.
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