$1,000 check or $1,000 fine per day! Trump tightens noose on illegal aliens as DHS issues nearly $10 billion in fines to force self-deportation

In a unique way, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is escalating pressure on undocumented immigrants who ignore removal orders by imposing fines of up to $1,000 per day till they remain on US soil illegally. As part of this crackdown, DHS also launched a 'self-deportation' program offering a $1,000 stipend and free travel home for those who opt to depart voluntarily.

The agency has issued over 31,600 fines to illegal aliens, with total penalties exceeding $9.6 billion, DHS officials told exclusively to Breitbart News.

"Our message is clear: If you’re in the country illegally, leave now or face the consequences," DHS’s Tricia McLaughlin told Breitbart News.



DHS is encouraging undocumented immigrants to voluntarily leave the US through its CBP Home mobile app, which allows them to report their self-deportation and receive a federal stipend in return.

"Illegal aliens should use the CBP Home app to fly home for free and receive $1,000 stipend, while preserving the option to return the legal, right way," McLaughlin said while talking to Breitbart News. "It’s an easy choice: Leave voluntarily and receive $1,000 check or stay and wait till you are fined $1,000 a day, arrested, and deported without a possibility to return legally."


Trump echoed these claims on Truth Social, posting a news channel data graphic highlighting that deportation numbers reached record highs during his presidency.


Last month, DHS officials reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is on track to remove nearly 600,000 illegal aliens by the end of the first year of Trump’s second term. Overall, DHS says around two million illegal aliens are no longer in the US, including 1.6 million who self-deported and over 400,000 who were formally deported by ICE agents.

McLaughlin recently told Breitbart News that deportations are set to rise sharply, as ICE has recently added approximately 5,000 new agents to strengthen enforcement of federal immigration laws.