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Hi, it's Jen. Just a quick heads up before we start the conversation. The news is rapidly developing

and things may have changed by the time you hear this episode. For the very latest news,

tune in to your public radio station and follow updates at npr.org. The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on immigrants, especially those without legal status, to leave the United States of their own volition or self-deport.

And in Department of Homeland Security ads airing all over the country, Secretary Christy Noam has been pushing immigrants to self-deport. And in Department of Homeland Security ads airing all over the country,

Secretary Kristi Noem has been pushing immigrants to self-deport or face consequences.

President Trump has a clear message for those that are in our country illegally.

Leave now. If you don't, we will find you, and we will deport you. You will never return.

The Department of Homeland Security has also repurposed the Biden administration We will find you, and we will deport you. You will never return.

The Department of Homeland Security has also repurposed the Biden administration's CBP1 app.

It previously gave people at the board of the chance to book appointments to claim asylum.

It's been renamed Home and now allows immigrants to tell the government when they plan to self-deport.

And information shared with Fox News, the Department of Homeland Security says that approximately 5,000 people have left this country voluntarily with the CBP Home app.

But for many immigrants, self-deporting means leaving the only country, culture, and community

they've ever known. What goes into the grueling decision to

return to their home countries, we find out after the break. And later, we discuss the current

state of U.S. immigration policy. I'm Jen White. You're listening to the 1A podcast where we get to

the heart of the story. We'll be back in just a moment. Stay with us.

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