The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has introduced the CBP Home app, featuring a self-deportation reporting tool for individuals illegally residing in the United States. This initiative was announced by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
The app aims to provide a secure and cost-effective means for undocumented immigrants to report their intent to leave the country. According to DHS, self-deportation is considered safer for those involved and helps conserve law enforcement resources, as well as taxpayer dollars. The department emphasized that this would allow Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to focus on more serious criminal activities.
This new functionality is part of a broader $200 million advertising campaign titled "Stay Out and Leave Now," which targets both domestic and international audiences. The updated app will be available at no cost across various mobile platforms, automatically replacing all existing CBP One applications with the CBP Home app.
Secretary Kristi Noem stated: “The Biden Administration exploited the CBP One app to allow more than 1 million aliens to illegally enter the United States. With the launching of the CBP Home app, we are restoring integrity to our immigration system."
She further added: “The CBP Home app gives aliens the option to leave now and self-deport, so they may still have the opportunity to return legally in the future and live the American dream. If they don’t, we will find them, we will deport them, and they will never return.”
