Lady Who Voluntarily Deported Herself From America Gets Paid $1000 By US Government

• A lady has received payment from the United States government after she voluntarily left the country
• The lady had shared online that she chose to leave the US voluntarily after living there since she was a child
• According to her, the government of the US has now paid her $1000 for leaving the country on her own

A lady who self-deported from Cameroon has shared how much money she got paid.

According to the lady, she lived in the US for over 20 years before moving to her country.

In her story, the lady, identified as Amelie, said she and her family were suddenly told they couldn't remain in the US.

She said:

"The Trump administration was like we are gonna give you guys two months so you can prepare to leave. My issue is not that you are telling me I need to leave. I don't care, I will leave, because honestly, it's worth the headaches. My thing is that they did not give us the proper time to let us know that 'we are cancelling'. They didn't do that. I had actually ended up getting a new job, my highest paying job ever in LA. I was getting paid $60,000. That's nothing, but it was something to me."

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She had moved to Cameroon, and she documented her journey in a series of videos that went viral on TikTok.

Now, Amelie shared a new video, saying the US government has paid her $1000 for voluntarily leaving the country.

She said:

"Yes, I got my cash. Yes, it took them forever. My ties to the US is officially severed…for now."

The policy to pay people who are self-deporting was announced by the US Department of Homeland Security on May 5, the BBC reports.

The announcement reads:

"Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a historic opportunity for illegal aliens to receive both financial and travel assistance to facilitate travel back to their home country through the CBP Home App. Any illegal alien who uses the CBP Home App to self-deport will also receive a stipend of $1,000 dollars, paid after their return to their home country has been confirmed through the app."

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The government described self-deportation as a dignified way of leaving the US.

It says:

"Self-deportation is a dignified way to leave the U.S. and will allow illegal aliens to avoid being encountered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Even with the cost of the stipend, it is projected that the use of CBP Home will decrease the costs of a deportation by around 70 percent. Currently the average cost to arrest, detain, and remove an illegal alien is $17,121."

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Khaby Lame self-deports from America

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Khaby Lame voluntarily left the United States after being detained in Las Vegas by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The US ICE stated that Lame violated the terms of his visa, and this led to his being temporarily detained by immigration officials.

However, Lame, who entered the US on April 30 with a temporary visa, departed the country voluntarily on June 6.

Source: Legit.ng