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DHS says border 'secure' and urges noncitizens to leave using CBP app; offers $1,000 travel incentive, per briefing
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Summary
Tricia McLaughlin told a DHS briefing that the administration has achieved a secure border with no crossings reported in June and urged people in the U.S. illegally to use a CBP app offering $1,000 and a free flight home; these assertions were presented without supporting documents in the briefing.
Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, said the administration has achieved a secure border and urged people in the United States without legal status to depart voluntarily using a CBP mobile application she referenced during the briefing.
McLaughlin said, “Last month in June, 0, crossings, 0 gotaways,” and characterized the border as “the most secure border in American history.” She said that because Border Patrol agents are not tied up processing migrants at the border, they can operate in the field to pursue cartel members and other criminal actors.
On removals, McLaughlin said the U.S. taxpayer is “so generously offering those who are in this country illegally $1,000 through the CBP home app and a free flight home,” and urged use of that app to “control your own departure,” saying people who do not leave voluntarily “will be arrested and … deported.”
The briefing presented those figures and characterizations as DHS statements; McLaughlin did not provide underlying border-encounter data, a citation for the $1,000 offer, nor the formal name or link for the mobile application in the remarks. Reporters and members of the public seeking to confirm the statistics or program details should consult official CBP or DHS published guidance and program documents.
