Trump Administration Re-Launches Immigration App With New 'Self-Deport' Feature

The Trump administration has rebranded the U.S. immigration app, CBP Home, to include a 'self-deport' feature. 

The Details: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the new feature as part of a larger $200 million ad campaign encouraging unauthorized migrants to 'Stay Out and Leave Now.' Noem said, “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. If they don’t, we will find them, we will deport them, and they will never return.”

For Context: On his first day in office, President Donald Trump ended the use of the CBP One app, which migrants used to arrange a variety of immigration services, including scheduling appointments to apply for asylum. The app was launched during Trump’s first term, and the Biden administration expanded its uses. 

How the Media Covered It: The Guardian (Lean Left bias) wrote that “human rights groups and immigration lawyers had criticized” the app for glitches and limitations it put on the immigration process. The Guardian also cited Trump’s criticism of CBP One, saying he "falsely" claimed that it fast-tracked entry into the US. Newsweek (Center) quoted DHS officials describing the app as a safe way for migrants to “avoid ‘harsher consequences.’” Townhall (Right) wrote it is more “cost-effective for the United States when illegal immigrants voluntarily depart.”

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