The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has conducted its first charter flight for migrants who agreed ... for the government to tell people ‘Self-Deportation Is Safe’ but not explain ...

The self-deportation initiative is part of a $200 million DHS ad campaign pressuring undocumented migrants to leave the U.S. and “stay out.” ...

This choice, made by migrants, is typically to avoid a final order removal that could permanently ban them from the country.