“Special holiday offer”: for Christmas, the Trump administration increases the bonus to keep undocumented immigrants from the territory

“Merry Christmas”: the Trump administration increased the voluntary departure bonus for illegal aliens in the United States to $3,000, hijacking the end-of-year holidays to highlight its fight against illegal immigration.

But be careful, the offer has a limited duration. “Until the end of the year, take advantage of a bonus of $3,000 (against 1,000 currently) in order to return home for the holidays,” we can read on the website of the American Department of Homeland Security.

“Illegal aliens who do not take advantage of this special offer today have only one alternative: they will be arrested, deported and will never be able to return to the United States,” adds the ministry led by Kristi Noem, a close friend of President Donald Trump.

Anti-immigration policy

Since his return to power in January, the Republican leader has led a vast campaign against illegal immigration, through mass expulsions, and has considerably toughened entry conditions into the United States and the granting of visas, arguing for the protection of national security.

Since last May, the US government has also implemented a “self-deportation” program, where undocumented immigrants can register on a CPB Home app for voluntary departure for a premium, set at $1,000, with return shipping paid.

The federal immigration police (ICE) posted a video online on X showing an agent dressed as Santa Claus and donning a red bulletproof vest. We then see him question an individual and proceed to record him, all to the sound of catchy music, followed by an image of a plane on the tarmac. And the message: “Avoid ICE AIR and Santa’s Naughty List.”

ICE, which its detractors accuse of abusive arrests, including facial arrests, has been given the mission of expelling an unprecedented number of irregular migrants on American soil and is spending lavishly to achieve this.

In a press release dated December 19, the Department of Homeland Security is also pleased to have made recent arrests of “illegal criminals”, with supporting photos, and “thanks law enforcement for the greatest Christmas gift there is for American families: safer communities”.

The State Department, in charge of American diplomacy, is not to be outdone. He posted a screenshot of the Fox News channel on Monday on “Merry (early) Christmas!” “, he said.