Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced that the number of illegal aliens living in the U.S. has declined from 15.8 million to 14.2 million since the beginning of the Trump Administration.
She stated that “In less than 200 days, 1.6 million illegal immigrants have left the United States population. This is massive. This means safer streets, taxpayer savings, pressure off of schools and hospital services and better job opportunities for Americans.”
Many have gone home on their own, a process called self-deportation. The Trump Administration has encouraged it by offering illegal aliens $1000 to go home and a free flight to get there. The costs of these incentives are considerably less than those of enforced deportations.
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