Posted on 05/19/2025 5:52:04 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The flight traveled from Houston, Texas, to Honduras and Colombia, according to the agency.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on May 19 that the first flight of illegal immigrants opting to self-deport was chartered, sending 64 individuals back to Colombia and Honduras.
“This was a voluntary charter flight, not an [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] enforcement operation,” DHS said in its announcement, adding that the flight traveled from Houston to Honduras and Colombia.
People partaking in the program were “offered the same benefits as any illegal alien who self-deports using the CBP Home App,” according to DHS, which also said that all of those people received a $1,000 stipend, received travel assistance, and retained the possibility of returning to the United States legally.
The program was announced by DHS earlier in May, months after the Trump administration shuttered the Biden administration’s CBP One App that had allowed illegal immigrants to schedule court hearings and rebranded it to CBP Home.
In Honduras, the agency added, 38 individuals who participated in the program “were warmly welcomed by their home government and family members” and also received benefits from the Honduran government.
Twenty-six people returned to Colombia via the program, and they “were welcomed back by their families and representatives of the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Migration Colombia,” according to DHS.
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Sad that it has to be this way. You walked here? Walk back and try again.
Yeah, but they won’t voluntarily leave otherwise. This is still cheaper than arrest, incarceration and forcible removal.
“Self-Deportation Flight”
They’re not letting the fly the plane, are they?
This is still cheaper than arrest, incarceration and forcible removal.
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I kind of agree with you... but I still want it to be painful enough that these individuals never come back and neither will anybody they talk to.
Tattoo on their forehead
NO DEPOSIT
NO RETURN
The bill should be sent to the DNC.
WERE THEY BRANDED TO MAKE IT EASIER TO ID THEM WHEN THEY SNEAK BACK IN???
Hondurans can obtain a US visa valid for 5 years. They may travel multiple times. Their stay is limited to 7 months at a time.
The cost is minimal, but the process can be intimidating- medical exam, documents, interview, travel to Tegucigalpa. For this reason most are very aware of the rules and tend not to exceed the stay requirements. It’s a lot easier to renew than to obtain in the first place.
This is the smart way to do it and these are the types of people we want visiting. It’s a lot cheaper than paying a coyote to smuggle you in.
EC
No, you already criminally broke and entered, then took what wasn’t yours at the expense of innocent Americans.
Please never return. I hate that part of the whole program.
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