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Gulf Insider
5 days ago
- Politics
- Gulf Insider
One Million Illegal Aliens Have 'Self-Deported' Under Trump
Andrew Arthur, a law and policy fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies and a former immigration judge, wrote in the New York Post on Sunday that an estimated 1 million illegal aliens have self-deported since President Trump's second term began. Arthur pointed out that the Trump administration is quietly running a 'self-deportation' campaign through what was formerly known as the CBP One app under Biden, now rebranded as 'CBP Home,' which allows illegals to signal their intent to exit the country. Those who self-deport can receive a $1,000 stipend, saving taxpayers the $17,000 cost of forced removal. Illegals who self-deport are making the smart move. — Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) June 14, 2025 By the numbers, Arthur cited… One way to track the program is by checking employment numbers. One financial whiz cited by the Wall Street Journal calculated a decline in the immigrant population of 773,000 in the first four months of Trump II . The Washington Post claims 'a million foreign-born workers have exited the workforce since March .' The Post frames this as 'a sign of the weakening labor supply.' Yet the paper also notes, ' Average hourly wages accelerated, rising by 0.4 percent over the month, to $36.24 in May , as earnings continue to beat inflation in a boost to workers' spending power.' 'DHS can't arrest and deport 15.4 million illegal aliens, but if it simply enforces the law, many aliens will get the message and leave on their own — as hundreds of thousands apparently already have,' Arthur said. He noted that Trump's self-deportation program echoes past success stories, such as Operation Wetback under Eisenhower. Meanwhile, the illegal alien party in America is coming to an end as the protected status for a million migrants is being terminated. In April, around 350,000 Venezuelans lost their Temporary Protected Status in the country and were told to self-deport. Many more TPS terminations are scheduled in the months ahead. The latest from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is that forced deportations of illegals are averaging around 3,000 per day, which would put the agency on track for over one million deportations per year. Also read: Trump: No More 'Bullshit' Windmills
Newsweek
5 days ago
- Politics
- Newsweek
Trump Admin Reveals New App for Legal Border Crossers
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The Trump administration has announced it is creating a new app for those crossing the United States' borders legally. In launching CBP Link, U.S. Customs and Border Protection stated that its existing app, CBP Home, would be used solely by immigrants who intend to self-deport. Why It Matters President Donald Trump and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem have promoted CBP Home as a way for illegal immigrants to safely leave the U.S. without facing ICE custody, but the app also had features for those who need to cross the border legally and often, including to and from Mexico. What To Know In an announcement on Monday, CBP stated that it was splitting the two apps to create a "user-friendly mobile application designed to reduce data requirements." CBP Link will now allow users visiting the U.S. for leisure and work to access a single app that lets them apply for the Visa Waiver Program up to seven days in advance and pay for an I-94 form, which proves legal visitor status. Those entering with perishable cargo needing inspection will also use the app to notify border agents, as will bus operators who need to submit manifests of who and what is on board their vehicles crossing in and out of the country. CBP Link is also where border crossers will find crossing wait times, the agency said. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection logo displayed on an officer's shoulder at Los Angeles International Airport on May 19, 2025. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection logo displayed on an officer's shoulder at Los Angeles International Airport on May 19, 2025. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images This is the third change to CBP's app by the Trump administration. It was called CBP One when Trump returned to the White House. It launched under that name during his first term, with similar functions to CBP Link. Under former President Joe Biden, its functions were expanded so immigrants seeking asylum could book appointments with CBP agents, but Trump shut this down in January. In March, the app was repurposed into CBP Home, giving immigrants the option to log their intention to self-deport and then notify the government once they had returned to their home country. It was reported in recent days that around a million people had used the app to avoid being taken into ICE custody, with the Trump administration telling immigrants they may have the option to return to the U.S. via a legal route later. Hundreds of thousands have lost their legal status in recent months, making them deportable. What People Are Saying U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in its announcement Monday: "Those who use the CBP Home mobile app to self-deport receive cost-free travel, forgiveness of any civil fines or penalties for failing to depart the United States, and a $1,000 exit bonus, paid after their return is confirmed through the app. If they already submitted their intent to depart using previous versions of CBP Home, they will not need to resubmit." What Happens Next The agency said that the apps would be available for download and that the CBP Link app would update with existing users' information.
NBC News
6 days ago
- Politics
- NBC News
Video shows ICE detaining man in San Diego who says he helped U.S. in Afghan war
A video taken in the halls of federal court in San Diego and shared with NBC 7 shows a man being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement while saying he worked for the U.S. military in Afghanistan. In a video captured on Thursday, a man is heard calmly telling agents he was an interpreter for the U.S. military in Afghanistan. The man's attorney, Brian McGoldrick, requested NBC 7 not use his client's name. He said the man came to the U.S. within the last two years, after he was unable to airlift out of Afghanistan during the U.S. withdrawal. His client used the now-defunct CBP One app to ask for asylum at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. He was granted parole and was in the process of applying for a Special Immigrant Visa. 'While he was in Afghanistan, he was threatened repeatedly. His family was threatened repeatedly,' McGoldrick said. 'He believes that if he returns, he'll be detained, probably tortured and possibly even killed.' NBC 7 contacted ICE for comment on the incident but did not receive a response. 'They want to deny him even the opportunity to have his asylum case heard by having his case dismissed, putting him into expedited removal and trying to spirit him out of the country,' McGoldrick said. The video is particularly chilling for James Seddon, a 21-year Navy veteran who served in Afghanistan and works with #AfghanEvac to legally resettle those who aided the U.S. during its longest war. He is concerned about the message this sends to potential allies in future conflicts. 'I don't know, based on how we're currently treating our wartime allies, how anybody in the future would consider working with us,' Seddon said. 'We're supposed to have due process. We're supposed to give people their day in court. And what we saw on that clip was an example that runs counter to all of that. And it's difficult for me to reconcile that with the America that I thought I served.' McGoldrick said his client is still in custody as of Friday afternoon. In the video, the man can be heard saying he came to the U.S. to 'make a better life' and that he 'worked in a very dangerous part of Afghanistan.' 'He just came here trying to get asylum for what he did for our country, and this is how we're treating him,' McGoldrick said.
New York Post
7 days ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Nearly 1 million illegal immigrants have ‘self deported' under Trump, which has led to higher wages
While ICE arrests and deportations have grabbed headlines, President Trump is also running a separate but complementary 'mass deportation' program — one that encourages aliens here unlawfully to go home voluntarily. And if reports are correct, that plan is more successful than anyone could have imagined. Based on government data, my organization, the Center for Immigration Studies, has conservatively estimated there are about 15.4 million illegal aliens in the United States, an 50% increase over the four tumultuous years of the Biden administration. 3 Members of the Texas National Guard turn away migrants after they crawled through the concertina wire after crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border at the Rio Grande river on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 in El Paso, Texas. NYPJ That's no surprise, given how Biden and his Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ignored congressional detention mandates and ushered millions of illegal migrants into the United States. Trump rode a wave of concerns about the costs those migrants are imposing on schools, hospitals, housing, and essential government services in cities and towns across the United States to a second term. Now that he's back in the Oval Office, it's up to him, 'border czar' Tom Homan, and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to drive the unauthorized population down and restore credibility to our immigration system. They've implemented a two-track plan to tackle this onerous task. One of those tracks relies on arrests and deportations of aliens unlawfully here, which at the outset has focused mainly on criminals (the 'worst first' strategy). 3 US President Donald Trump stands and salutes during the Army 250th Anniversary Parade from the Ellipse in Washington, DC on June 14, 2025. AFP via Getty Images The other track is more subtle but also cheaper for taxpayers and arguably much more effective —encouraging illegal migrants here to self-deport. It began with an Inauguration Day Trump directive requiring DHS to ensure all aliens present in the United States — legal and otherwise — have registered with the federal government, and to prosecute those who don't comply. By late February, Noem had implemented that registration program. DHS next launched a multi-million-dollar ad campaign warning migrants not to enter illegally or, alternatively, to leave voluntarily now and possibly 'have an opportunity to return and enjoy our freedom and live the American Dream.' Noem also rebranded the notorious CBP One app — which the Biden administration used to funnel hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants into our country — as 'CBP Home,' which aliens can use to 'notify the U.S. Government of their intent to depart'. That rebranding coincided with an offer of financial incentives for aliens who leave voluntarily, a stipend of $1,000. That's in lieu of costly physical deportation, which can cost taxpayers $17,100 per person on average. How effective has self-deportation been? 3 Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is sworn-in before the House Committee on Homeland Security during a hearing on 'A Review of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security' on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. AP One way to track the program is by checking employment numbers. One financial wiz cited by the Wall Street Journal calculated a decline in the immigrant population of 773,000 in the first four months of Trump II. The Washington Post claims 'a million foreign-born workers have exited the workforce since March.' The Post frames this as 'a sign of the weakening labor supply.' Yet the paper also notes, 'Average hourly wages accelerated, rising by 0.4 percent over the month, to $36.24 in May, as earnings continue to beat inflation in a boost to workers' spending power.' In other words, with fewer illegal immigrants, businesses had to raise wages to attract workers. But aliens will only leave if they believe Trump and Homan are serious about arrests, and employers know the feds are targeting shady businesses. This voluntary exodus shouldn't be surprising. When President Eisenhower launched his deportation round-up in 1954, nearly 10 aliens left voluntarily for each one arrested. A post-9/11 registration program also drove self-deportations. DHS can't arrest and deport 15.4 million illegal aliens, but if it simply enforces the law, many aliens will get the message and leave on their own — as hundreds of thousands apparently already have. Andrew Arthur is the fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies.
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
No wonder agents arresting people at Phoenix immigration court wore masks
A reader asked me a question about the masked federal agents who have been assigned to arrest the men and women appearing for civil immigration hearings in Phoenix. I do not know the official answer to the reader's question, but I believe we could reach a reasonable explanation if we put ourselves in the position of those agents. Imagine the career path that led you to becoming an agent, making these arrests. You took the job because you believe in the law and you want to protect America from dangerous criminals who enter the country illegally. But you are not a robot. You are not uninformed. You know the people you are arresting in Phoenix for the past couple of days are not the 'worst of the worst.' Not even close. You know as well that they probably filled out a CBP One application, the method by which most asylum seekers were able enter the United States at ports of entry, and now are showing up for their scheduled court appearances. When they get there, Department of Justice attorneys are dismissing their cases, then telling you to arrest them as they leave the building. Not because they have done anything wrong, but because the Trump administration has changed the rules. Opinion: They followed the rrules. And still they were arrested? So, it becomes your job to handcuff people who have done exactly what they agreed to do under conditions set by the government. Some young. Some older. Some mothers with children. You most likely have seen or read what the politicians who are not afraid of Donald Trump are saying about this. U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona tweeted, 'Ripping families apart and going after people who are showing up for their court date doesn't make us safer or fix our broken immigration system. It does the opposite.' Gov. Katie Hobbs, also on social media, said, 'My office is in contact with DHS to gather more information. We need to prioritize efforts to deport criminals and secure the border. Indiscriminately rounding up people following the rules won't make us safer.' Likewise, U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona chimed in, 'This isn't smart or tough policy. It's chaos that doesn't bring any more security. It discourages people from showing up to court, making our immigration system less efficient — not more.' If you are one of the agents arresting people at an immigration court in Phoenix, you know the people you're arresting and putting into government vans aren't the vicious bad guys you were hoping to go after. Just the opposite. But you don't make policy. You get an assignment, and you fulfill the assignment. Which leads us to the question I got from a reader, who asked: 'I've been following the arrests of immigrants showing up for court dates and, clearly, there is nothing about them that looks threatening. And none of them are there for having committed crimes. Or for being in gangs. 'I understand why agents wear masks when they are dealing with drug cartel members or violent gangs. But why would they be all masked up when all they're doing is busting people who followed the rules?' A spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement told The Arizona Republic that the agency could not provide details of any operations. But put yourself in the shoes of those agents. If it was me, and my job was 'busting people who followed the rules,'… I'd wear a mask, too. Wouldn't you? Reach Montini at Like this column? Get more opinions in your email inbox by signing up for our free opinions newsletter, which publishes Monday through Friday. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Why do ICE agents wear masks for Phoenix court arrests? | Opinion
