"A month ago, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced a two-year, $200 million television advertising campaign and promised a $1,000 payment to people who decide to leave the country voluntarily to purchase plane tickets to their countries of origin. At the same time, she said she would announce the exact number of people who have self-deported since the campaign began. So far, she has not done so, and the Department has not released any figures either."
"According to an investigation by NBC News, the campaign has not been nearly as effective as Noem claims. An analysis of a five-week period after the DHS launched CBP Home in March found that only 356 people used the app to self-deport. The data was obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request, but the department has refused to provide more recent data."
Six months after the Department of Homeland Security launched a campaign to encourage voluntary self-deportation, CBP One was rebranded as CBP Home and given a tool for immigrants in the country illegally to self-deport. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced a two-year, $200 million television advertising campaign and offered $1,000 to people who choose voluntary departure to buy plane tickets home. She said she would release the number of self-deportations but no totals have been provided. An analysis of a five-week period after the app’s launch found only 356 self-deports, and the department has refused requests for more recent data. CBP countered that registrations remain open and that thousands have used the app; total download figures from U.S. devices number 91,000.
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