First Trump $1,000 ‘self-deport’ flight conducted by DHS
Immigration,DHS,Deportations,Immigration Reform,ICE,Columbia,Honduras
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has conducted its first charter flight for migrants who agreed to “self-deport” after starting a program to give those voluntarily leaving the country a $1,000 stipend.
The flight took 64 citizens of Colombia and Honduras to their home country.
“This was a voluntary charter flight, not an ICE enforcement operation,” DHS said in a press release, referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
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