Trump EO offers free flights to anywhere for self-deporting illegals

President Donald Trump’s latest executive order incentivizing self-deportation plainly spelled out expectations for illegal aliens.

“As long as it’s not here, you can go anywhere you want.”

While open borders activists continued to push lawfare against the White House for attempting to reestablish the national sovereignty of the United States, abandoned by the Biden-Harris administration, the president advanced another path to help send illegals packing.

After signing the “Establishing Project Homecoming” executive order Friday, Trump explained how illegal aliens were now eligible for free flights to anywhere outside the country that included “a very important exit bonus.”

“Today I signed an executive order to launch the first-ever self-deportation program for illegal aliens,” detailed the president in a video posted to social media. “We are making it as easy as possible for illegal aliens to leave America. Any illegal alien can simply show up at an airport and receive a free flight out of our country. We have also launched a phone app called CBP Home … where illegals can book a free flight to any foreign country. As long as it’s not here, you can go anywhere you want.”

Today, I signed an Executive Order to launch the first-ever self-deportation program. Illegal aliens who stay in America face punishments, including—sudden deportation, in a place and manner solely of our discretion. TO ALL ILLEGAL ALIENS: BOOK YOUR FREE FLIGHT RIGHT NOW! pic.twitter.com/LO4eyfhZOq

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 10, 2025

“We’re also adding a very important exit bonus for illegals to further incentivize their self-deportation,” he continued as he followed through on a promise made earlier in his administration. “This deportation bonus will save American taxpayers billions and billions of dollars. What Biden did to this country can never be explained — will never ever be accepted. Eventually, when the illegals are gone, it will save us trillions of dollars.”

The order highlighted how the costs of healthcare, housing, education and feeding illegal aliens had amounted to more than $150 billion in fiscal year 2023 alone as he decried open border failure of his predecessor, “Over the last 4 years, the United States has endured a full-scale invasion of aliens entering and remaining in the country illegally, causing a relentless onslaught of crime, vagrancy, violence, and death in countless American communities.”

“This lawless invasion has also limited the capacity of American schools and hospitals to provide for American citizens and has diverted billions of dollars in Federal, State, and local social services from Americans in need,” the order asserted.

Meanwhile, the president reminded that the free pass only applied to those voluntarily removing themselves for good, and those who insisted on planting their feet in opposition to the law would be treated accordingly.

“However, if illegal aliens choose to remain in America, they’re remaining illegally, and they will face severe consequences,” said Trump as his administration considers suspending habeas corpus for non-citizens. “Illegal aliens who stay in America face punishments, including significant jail time, enormous financial penalties, confiscations of all property, garnishment of all wages, imprisonment and incarceration, and sudden deportation in a place and manner solely of our discretion.”

“So to all illegal aliens: book your free flight right now. We want you out of America,” he concluded while alluding to forgiveness for those who might attempt to return legally, “but if you’re really good, we’re gonna try and help you get back in.”

Staff Writer

Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn’t researching current events and their impacts, you’ll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.

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