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moniss

(8,823 posts)
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 09:23 PM 7 hrs ago

"'They tricked me': Migrants were promised $1,000 to voluntarily leave the US. Some never received it"

This is the headline from a Guardian article dated 12/18/25 with a byline from Delaney Nolan. As we expected the deadbeat in the White House isn't paying as promised. False representations to people and courts are "go to" moves for this bunch of fascists.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/migrants-self-deportation-trump-immigration

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"'They tricked me': Migrants were promised $1,000 to voluntarily leave the US. Some never received it" (Original Post) moniss 7 hrs ago OP
I never understood this D_Master81 7 hrs ago #1
As one man said he figured it was moniss 6 hrs ago #3
The writing was on the wall. Ms. Toad 4 hrs ago #4
I think they just raised it to $2600. But they'll never pay that neither. sinkingfeeling 7 hrs ago #2

D_Master81

(2,368 posts)
1. I never understood this
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 09:29 PM
7 hrs ago

If you came here for work or safety how was $1000 ever supposed to be enticing to go back to where you came from?

moniss

(8,823 posts)
3. As one man said he figured it was
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 10:56 PM
6 hrs ago

better than spending more and more time in ICE-American Gestapo jail.

Ms. Toad

(38,362 posts)
4. The writing was on the wall.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 01:10 AM
4 hrs ago

If you were going to be snatched off of the street and sent home anyway, isn't it better to end up there with $1000 in your pocket?

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