Tens of thousands of illegal aliens have self-deported since the Trump administration began encouraging illegal aliens to return to their nations of origin and repurposed an app used by the Biden administration to streamline mass migration into the United States, a new report says.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials, Breitbart News reports, say that there have been tens of thousands of illegal alien self-deportations since the Trump administration overhauled the Customs and Border Patrol One app.
The platform was originally used by migrants to remotely schedule asylum application interviews before the Trump administration revamped it, now allowing illegal aliens to submit their intent to depart from the United States, giving officials an estimate on the number of illegal aliens leaving the country by their own accord.
Encouraging self-deportations, immigration experts tell The Daily Wire, is an essential part of any campaign to crack down on illegal immigration and decrease the number of illegal aliens in the United States, which the Federation for American Immigration Reform estimated at 18.6 million as of early 2025.
Federation for American Immigration Reform
“As of 2025, American population growth comes almost entirely from unsustainably high levels of immigration, both legal and illegal,” the organization charged.
The CBP Home app is part of a broader effort to get illegal aliens to voluntarily leave the United States, with the administration now offering illegal aliens $1,000 to self-deport and threatening to fine them nearly $1,000 per day they refuse to leave the country
The DHS also launched an advertising campaign encouraging illegal aliens to leave the country. The ad, which showcased violent criminal illegals captured by ICE like a previously deported MS-13 murder suspect caught at Colony Ridge, featured DHS Secretary Kristi Noem as she told illegal aliens to “do what’s right: leave now.”
ICE also published a guide to self deportation on its site, telling illegal aliens “you do not need to turn yourself in to an ICE office if you intend to self-deport. You may simply leave the country.”
“If you’re illegally present in the U.S., you can leave at any time. You don’t have to wait for ICE officials to find, arrest, detain and remove you. You can plan and organize your affairs,” the government agency explains. “If ICE officials arrest you, there’s no going back — you may not have time to get your affairs in order, gather your belongings, or even say goodbye to the people you care about.”
“Removal comes with other consequences, too, including bars to reentry. Bars to reentry are penalties for violating U.S. immigration law,” the law enforcement agency says under a sub-head that reads “If You Don’t Self-Deport.”
“Being barred from reentry means the U.S. government won’t let you come back into the U.S. — even for a short visit.”