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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Homeland Security says 64 people 'self-deported' on US flight
The US Department of Homeland Security has said 64 people took a government-funded flight to their home countries as part of a new programme encouraging undocumented immigrants to "self-deport." The initiative, dubbed "Project Homecoming", is part of President Donald Trump's sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration, which has also involved detaining hundreds of migrants in a Salvadoran mega-prison. Immigrants can leave the country on their own, in exchange for free travel and a $1,000 (£749) stipend, and avoid detention or other punishments for being in the US illegally. The first government-chartered flight took off from Texas and travelled to Honduras and Colombia. Homeland Security characterised the trip as a "voluntarily charter flight," and not an operation of the US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency. Of the 64 individuals on the flight, 38 returned to Honduras and 26 people went to Colombia, the department said. In March, the Trump administration announced that people in the US illegally could utilise the border patrol app, CPB Home, to depart the country voluntarily. Since then, it has sent some people home on commercial flights. Officials have described Project Homecoming as a smoother alternative to forcible deportations. "If you are here illegally, use the CBP Home App to take control of your departure and receive financial support to return home," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement. "If you don't, you will be subjected to fines, arrest, deportation and will never be allowed to return," Noem said. Trump's other deportation initiatives have faced significant pushback from immigrants rights groups and numerous lawsuits. Some of the legal battles have reached the US Supreme Court, with a mix of wins and losses for Trump. On Saturday, the justices barred the administration from continuing to use the 18th century law known as the Alien Enemies Act to continue to deport Venezuelan migrants it has accused of gang membership. Then on Monday, the court allowed the Trump administration to end protections against deportation for 350,000 Venezuelans who had been given Temporary Protected Status, which allows migrants to live and work legally in the US if their home country is deemed unsafe. One of the highest-profile battles involves the deportation of a man living in Maryland, Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, to El Salvador over allegations he was a violent gang member. A federal judge ordered the administration to facilitate his return, and that order was upheld by the US Supreme Court. However, Mr Abrego-Garcia remains in El Salvador, with the government arguing in court that it cannot compel the other country to take action, even though Trump has said in an interview that he "could" return Mr Abrego-Garica. US Supreme Court lets Trump end deportation protections for 350,000 Venezuelans Venezuelan deported from US using gang 'points system', lawyers say
Qatar Tribune
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Qatar Tribune
Trump calls for 20,000 new officers to aid deportations
WashingtoncTypeface:> US President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to add at least 20,000 officers to enforce his deportation policies. The directive forms part of the administration's plan to incentive undocumented immigrants to self-deport. In a video, Trump said he was making it 'as easy as possible' for them to leave the US. The federal government will fund flights out of the US for undocumented people who choose to leave voluntarily, and provide an 'exit bonus,' the executive order stated. The order did not specify how the increase in staffing at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would be funded. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (Ice), the sub-agency that primarily deals with illegal immigration, currently has more than 21,000 employees. Of those, Ice has 6,100 deportation officers and more than 750 enforcement removal assistants, according to the agency website. Trump has long called for local and state law enforcement, as well as the National Guard, to assist with border enforcement. The order calls on the DHS to supplement it's current efforts 'by deputising and contracting with State and local law enforcement officers, former federal officers, officers and personnel within other federal agencies.' The president's call to increase staff comes as his administration pursues multiple pathways to force undocumented immigrants to leave the US. Trump has called for individuals to self deport, using a government app known as CPB Home. This week, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced $1,000 bonuses and paid travel for people who leave the US voluntarily. Other deportation methods have been challenged or blocked federal courts, including Trump's use of the 18th century Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants it accused of gang activity. (Agencies)
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump calls for 20,000 new officers to aid deportations
Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to add at least 20,000 officers to enforce his deportation policies. The directive was issued on Friday and forms part of the administration's plan to incentive undocumented immigrants to self-deport. In a video, Trump said he was making it "as easy as possible" for them to leave the US. The federal government will fund flights out of the US for undocumented people who choose to leave voluntarily, and provide an "exit bonus," the executive order stated. The order did not specify how the increase in staffing at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would be funded. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (Ice), the sub-agency that primarily deals with illegal immigration, currently has more than 21,000 employees. Of those, Ice has 6,100 deportation officers and more than 750 enforcement removal assistants, according to the agency website. Trump has long called for local and state law enforcement, as well as the National Guard, to assist with border enforcement. The order calls on the DHS to supplement it's current efforts "by deputising and contracting with State and local law enforcement officers, former federal officers, officers and personnel within other federal agencies." The president's call to increase staff comes as his administration pursues multiple pathways to force undocumented immigrants to leave the US. Trump has called for individuals to self deport, using a government app known as CPB Home. This week, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced $1,000 (£751) bonuses and paid travel for people who leave the US voluntarily. Other deportation methods have been challenged or blocked federal courts, including Trump's use of the 18th century Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants it accused of gang activity. Earlier this month, US District Judge Fernando Rodriguez, a Trump-appointed judge in Texas, found that the administration's use of the act was "unlawful." A second federal judge in New York later reached the same conclusion. Trump dubbed his self-deportation initiative as "Project Homecoming." "Illegal aliens who stay in America face punishments, including significant jail time, enormous financial penalties confiscation of all property garnishment of all wages, imprisonment, and incarceration and sudden deportation, in a place, and manner, solely of our discretion," Trump said. Six big immigration changes under Trump - and their impact so far Trump administration considers suspending habeas corpus
The Guardian
10-03-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
US rebrands immigration app to CBP Home with ‘self-deport' function
On day one of his presidency, Donald Trump issued a directive abruptly ending the government's use of CBP One – an online application that had served as the primary means for people at the southern border to apply for asylum in the US. On Monday, the administration announced it has reimagined the app as a platform for 'self-deportation'. Kristi Noem, the secretary of Homeland Security, announced that the app had been rebranded as 'CBP Home' and that anyone with the old CBP One app would be redirected to the new version. 'The CBP Home app gives aliens the option to leave now and self-deport, so they may still have the opportunity to return legally in the future and live the American dream,' Noem said. 'If they don't, we will find them, we will deport them, and they will never return.' The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that the app's 'self-deportation functionality is part of a larger $200m domestic and international ad campaign' which they said it a way to encourage undocumented immigrants to 'Stay Out and Leave Now'.' It's unclear who would actually use the new CBP Home app to 'self-deport'. The phrase has long been used to describe the idea that life in the US can be made so unbearable for immigrants that they will choose to leave voluntarily. 'Immigrant community members should be wary of any promises made by those encouraging them to 'self-deport' and instead carefully examine their legal options with trusted advisers,' said Laura Rivera, senior staff attorney at Just Futures Law. 'This move reflects Trump's cynical strategy to flood the zone with messaging that creates fear among immigrant communities while currying favor with his base.' The app's relaunch also raises privacy concerns, Rivera said. Experts had long warned that the original CBP One app, which collected biometric data and photos, had allowed for a massive expansion of government databases of noncitizens' photos and other biographic information. The rebranding of the app 'is also a chilling example of how easily tools like CBP One, which collected photos and other sensitive personal information, can be weaponized to surveil and punish', Rivera said. Illegal aliens can self-deport the easy they can get deported the hard good news is that the re-branded CPB Home app makes self-deporting simpler than ever. 👇 Trump had built his presidential campaign on a promise of 'mass deportations' of undocumented immigrants. His administration has already moved to cancel several legal pathways for immigrants to enter the US, categorically banning asylum at the US borders, terminating private sponsorship programs that allowed Americans to financially support certain people seeking to immigrate and suspending the US's refugee resettlement program. When the administration cancelled the CBP One app, about 30,000 people waiting in Mexico with scheduled appointments with US immigration officials lost them, and were left in limbo. The app was initially launched by the Trump administration during Trump's first term, as a way to arrange a number of immigration services. In 2023, Joe Biden's administration expanded the app's use. Seeking to limit the arrival of asylum seekers at the border, Biden made it all but mandatory to use the app to schedule appointments to make a claim for asylum – and allowed just 1,450 appointments a day, even though thousands more were arriving at the border daily. Human rights groups and immigration lawyers had criticized the app, pointing to glitches, language issues and racial biases in its facial recognition features. Forcing migrants to use the app and wait in Mexico for appointments with immigration officials had the effect of stranding vulnerable groups in Mexico and enriching organized crime groups, a report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) found. But Trump and his allies had characterized the app as too permissive, conversely – and falsely – claiming it fast-tracked entry into the US, and promised to end the system.
