Trump signs executive order to pay self-deportees $1,000

The promise of a reward was followed by the threat of penalties for those deemed in violation of immigration law.

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Anyone who does not self-deport, Trump said, can face “significant jail time, enormous financial penalties, confiscation of all property, garnishment of all wages, imprisonment and incarceration, and sudden deportation in a place and manner solely of our discretion.”

Friday’s announcement followed Trump’s comments to reporters on Monday, pledging to “pay each one a certain amount of money, and we’re going to get them a beautiful flight back to where they came from.”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday that her department will operate a $1,000 stipend program, to be paid after a person’s return to their home country has been confirmed through the CBP Home app.

In the video accompanying Friday’s post, Trump said “as long as it’s not here, you can go anywhere you want.”