The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is touting what it calls the "holiday deal of a lifetime," offering people who are living in the United States illegally a free flight and $1,000 to self-deport.

Newsweek has contacted DHS for further comment via an email sent outside regular business hours.

Why It Matters

President Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to crack down on illegal migration. Since taking office in January, his administration has ramped up immigration enforcement in pursuit of his mass deportation agenda , with raids and deportations disrupting communities across the country. The endeavor has been costly, with DHS saying the average cost to arrest, detain and remove someone in the country illegally is $17,121.

The Trump administration said self-deportation would

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