"I've already made up my mind, she recalled telling him in Spanish. I'm leaving. Lazaro, a 54-year-old grandmother, had lived with her family in San Diego for over 20 years. But after her husband, Margarito, was arrested by federal immigration agents in mid-July and then deported, she made the hard decision to leave her grown children and grandchildren behind and follow him to Mexico."
"The federal government launched a process in May dubbed Project Homecoming, urging undocumented immigrants to return to their native countries or face the consequences. Through the CBP Home mobile app, eligible individuals can register for voluntary departure and receive a $1,000 exit bonus, a flight home and an exemption from fines for failure to depart. Leave on your own terms. Avoid the jail cell. Avoid the humiliation, reads an Immigration and Customs Enforcement post about self-deportation on the social media platform X."
Etelvina Lazaro, a 54-year-old grandmother who lived in San Diego for over 20 years, chose to return to Mexico after her husband was arrested and deported. She left grown children and grandchildren behind and departed privately rather than through known federal programs. The federal government launched Project Homecoming in May, offering voluntary departure via the CBP Home app with a $1,000 exit bonus, a flight home and exemptions from fines. DHS reported tens of thousands used the app, and ProPublica-obtained data indicate about 25,000 departures via the app, with just over half assisted by the agency. The number of private departures remains unclear.
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