The Federal Register published President Trump’s May 9, 2025 proclamation establishing “Project Homecoming” to provide financial incentives “to encourage and assist aliens illegally in the country to depart from the United States.” It directs the Homeland Security Department (DHS) and the State Department to “create seamless processes for illegal aliens” to depart the U.S., including funding flights out of the U.S., expediting necessary travel documents for departing aliens, and creating a “concierge service whereby any alien illegally present in the United States may arrive at an airport, with or without appropriate travel documents, book air travel to permanently relocate to a different country,” and claim a financial “exit bonus.”
The proclamation further directs DHS and the State Department to conduct a nationwide communications campaign to notify undocumented immigrants of the availability of cost-free travel to other countries, the exit bonus, and “the sweeping consequences for those who choose to remain illegally present, including removal, prosecution, incarceration, and fines as consistent with applicable law for immigration-related crimes; the garnishment of wages; and the confiscation of savings and personal property, including homes and vehicles.”