The U.S. government is now literally paying foreign countries to take our illegal aliens, with Rwanda pocketing $100,000 for accepting just ONE deportee from Iraq.
At a Glance
- Trump administration has reached out to nine countries in Africa and Central Asia to accept illegal aliens being deported from the U.S.
- Kosovo agreed to accept up to 50 deportees, while Rwanda was paid $100,000 to take a single Iraqi man
- The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of the administration’s ability to deport illegal aliens to countries other than their home countries
- New “self-deportation” campaign offers incentives including $1,000 payments for voluntary departure
- The self-deportation strategy costs far less than forcible deportations, which average $17,100 per person
Your Tax Dollars at Work: Paying Other Countries to Take Our Problem
U.S. diplomats have been scrambling to find countries willing to accept illegal aliens being deported from American soil. The Trump administration has taken the extraordinary step of offering financial incentives to foreign nations to house deportees who entered our country illegally. According to recent reports, Rwanda was paid $100,000 to accept just one Iraqi man, with discussions underway to ship more deportees there. Meanwhile, Kosovo has agreed to take up to 50 deportees, and Costa Rica is already holding dozens. This is what happens when you let millions of people pour over your border with no plan to deal with them.
In a March cable, diplomats were instructed to approach nine different countries across Africa and Central Asia to convince them to take in illegal migrants who have no business being in America. This is despite some countries like Peru repeatedly declining to accept deportees. The administration’s grand plan is to establish a network of willing nations that would accept deportees from anywhere and house them in designated facilities – essentially creating offshore detention centers for people who violated our sovereignty.
Supreme Court Delivers Victory for Deportation Efforts
In a significant win for the administration’s immigration enforcement agenda, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of the Trump administration’s ability to deport illegal aliens to countries other than their home countries. This ruling effectively put a hold on an injunction by U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, who had argued against deporting migrants without due process. Once again, the highest court in the land had to step in to override activist judges who seem more concerned with the rights of illegal aliens than with protecting American sovereignty.
“Eager to partner with countries willing to accept,” reported The New York Times, describing the administration’s diplomatic outreach efforts to find nations that would take deportees in exchange for compensation.
The fact that we’re now having to bribe countries to take illegal immigrants off our hands shows just how catastrophic our border policies have been. This is what happens when you tear down functioning border walls, halt effective enforcement programs, and signal to the world that America’s immigration laws are merely suggestions. We’re now left with the option of either paying other countries to solve our problems or allowing millions of illegal aliens to remain in our communities indefinitely.
Project Homecoming: Pay-to-Go Deportation Program
In a parallel effort to address the illegal immigration crisis, the administration has launched “Project Homecoming,” a self-deportation initiative that offers incentives for voluntary departure. This program includes government-provided travel arrangements and a $1,000 payment for those willing to leave on their own terms. The campaign is supported by a massive $200 million international advertising effort and repurposed refugee assistance funds. When you’ve created a problem so big, sometimes you have to pay people to fix it themselves.
“If you are here illegally, self-deportation is the best, safest, and most cost-effective way to leave the United States to avoid arrest,” stated Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, highlighting the administration’s pragmatic approach to the immigration crisis.
The self-deportation strategy makes financial sense, costing substantially less than forcible repatriations, which average a staggering $17,100 per individual. The new CBP Home app now facilitates voluntary departure registration, with over 5,000 users registered as of April 2025. But let’s be honest – past attempts at self-deportation programs have failed miserably. The 2008 Scheduled Departure program resulted in only eight participants. Eight! Out of millions of illegal aliens! The administration is banking on a combination of carrots and sticks – offering financial incentives to leave while simultaneously creating a climate of enforcement that makes staying increasingly uncomfortable.
The bottom line is that we shouldn’t have to pay people to follow our laws. We shouldn’t have to bribe foreign countries to take people who entered our nation illegally. But after years of catastrophic border policies and deliberate dismantling of immigration enforcement, these desperate measures are what we’re left with. The American taxpayer is once again footing the bill for the government’s failure to perform its most basic function – protecting our nation’s borders.
