self-deport
verbEtymology From self- + deport.
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To evict oneself, especially from a country.
- In total, at least 620,000 “Ukrainians” self-deported or were deported from Poland and at least 13,000 self-deported from Czechoslovakia to Ukraine.2020, Alan E. Sparks, Into the Carpathians:
- “The CBP Home app gives aliens the option to leave now and self-deport, so they may still have the opportunity to return legally in the future and live the American dream,” Noem said.2025 March 10, “Trump administration relaunches CBP One asylum app for ‘self-deportation’”, in Al Jazeera:
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- In a statement, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that by self-deporting through the app, migrants "may still have the opportunity to return legally in the future and live the American dream".2025 March 10, Bernd Debusmann Jr, “US unveils new app for 'self-deportations'”, in BBC:
- This was a voluntary charter flight, not an ICE enforcement operation. All participants were offered the same benefits as any illegal alien who self-deports using the CBP Home App. They received travel assistance, a $1,000 stipend, and preserved the possibility they could one day return to the United States legally.2025 May 19, “Project Homecoming Charter Flight Brings Self-Deporters to Honduras, Colombia”, in Department of Homeland Security:
- On Monday, Park, a green-card holder, self-deported to South Korea.2025 June 24, Juliana Kim, “Purple Heart Army veteran self-deports after nearly 50 years in the U.S.”, in NPR:
- For Arturo, the decision to self-deport to Mexico came crashing one morning.2025 August 7, Gabriel San Román, “After 28 years, O.C. man self-deports to Tijuana in search of a better life”, in Daily Pilot, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2025:
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