‘They tricked me’: Migrants were promised $1,000 to voluntarily leave the US. Some never received it
People who signed up for a US ‘self-deportation’ scheme say their payoffs were delayed, misdirected or never arrived – leaving them empty-handed in their home countries
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Interesting how they heard the news about the self-deportation but didn't hear the news about how Trump never pays people.
It's never an issue until it affects them personally.
These weren't necessarily his voters, though. They were being coerced either way.
In all seriousness, I'm more surprised that anyone got the money at all
Yeah, that's the real takeaway. I expected them to send them out them say come and get it.
You should pay the first few marks so they’ll help establish the veneer of credibility. That’s Conning 101.
I forget the corresponding Ferengi Rule of Acquisition number.
19 is closest.
Don't lie too soon after a promotion.
Rule 76: Every once in a while declare peace, it will confuse the hell out of your enemies.
It's all sixes and sevens
Sun Tzu
It isn't his money. He is just plowing through whatever tax dollars he can access.
Gotta do just enough payments that people won't think it's a lie, and that's when you pull the (insufferably obvious) switch-a-roo
Well you start it to fool people, then you cut it off. (The only reason it was offered was because it's cheaper than sending an agent after you.)
What?! The administration run by a man who is famous for not paying people didn't pay some people?!
A trump never pays his debts
👏TRUMP👏NEVER👏PAYS👏HIS👏BILLS👏
(Unless it's the hush money bill, or the raping little girls bill, he's always got cash for those)
Trump didn't pay his bill?!?
Last time I heard, he did different things with his Bill.
Country is been run to the ground by convicted con man. What the hell did you expect?
the country is also formed on genocide and rebellion so not that suprised
So you're saying some DID get the $1k? That seems more amazing.
Trump rarely pays people he looks upon as “the help”.
The man is such a ghetto trash human being.
Everyone in here going like "What did they expect lol?" needs to get their fucking moral compass checked. People in a probably very desperate situation (because for everyone else, $ 1000 wouldn't be enough for this) were scammed by their own goddamn government. Governments are not supposed to do this, and we rely on our governments to do what they say every single day for a lot of things. Blaming the victims for this is wild to me.
I warned when they announced the program that Trump never fucking pays.
Anybody who took that deal was asking to get scammed.
tbf, I'm assuming a lot of people who accepted that deal is not because they wanted 1k, it's because that are fleeing this hellhole.
I was promised epstein files today. What's happening with that?
They tricked you.
Also we were all getting 2k checks in. The mail from the teriffs. I think those are the checks he just gave to the troops lol
Atrocious, but also if you are stupid enough to believe these fuckers would actually give you that money, you deserve what you got, I guess?
Yeah I'm not with you there
Yeah. Its $1000, these people are desperate. Compassion should be shown.
$1000? Do you know how many billionaires that would bankrupt? Nearly all of them, I'll bet. /S
desperation
He just said about that the "warrior bonus" or whatever it is called that the "cheque is in the mail".
For sure doesn't sound like BS.
I mean, they'll probably get it. But still he has the brain of someone who would be doing cheque fraud if he hadn't been born into money.
The "warrior bonus" is just money they had for housing stipends. Its literally money they probably were already getting. So it is real but fucking dumb. It has the air of delaying the first covid checks to make sure his name was on them.
Source: https://apnews.com/article/trump-military-dividend-housing-5990b3810a704e46e2b93152253f439c
if you don't pay the first wave, there is no second wave
That tracks with Trump's reputation.
You literally can't believe a single word a MAGA administration releases.
It isn't just the administration
People lured away with the promise of deportation anyway only to turn themselves in to get something out of it only to then by scammed inhuman.
I never understood this, maybe they just need the money that badly or are outright threatened.
Why would you believe they would give you money once you’re out of their country. You are no longer their problem.
Believe you are going to be deported anyway but have some trust in "law" so do this so you get something to help you and your family out of it.
$1000 is absolutely nothing for that. My own move out of the US ended up in the multiple multiple thousands
Shocked any received it, honestly.
Of course they haven't. Noem is as much a facetious liar as her evil lord and master drump
She's not facetious at all, that means humorous or witty. What she IS is fecetious, which means she's totally full of shit
Enjoy counting your nothing, idiots.
Oh, honestly, did you not read the colony policy
That defines you as company property
That waivers your say in autonomy
The conglomerate's got you in lock and key
We put the "dollar" back into "idolatry"
If you're upset, you can rent an apology
We are a
familygovernment forged in bureaucracyNo "I" in "team" but there's "con" in "economy"
Were you expecting adventure
Were you hoping for fun
My friend, you're indentured
And pleasure's exempt from your tenure
So venture back down to your slum
That's provided at generous prices
Your worth is determined by your sacrifices
A small term of service when down on the surface
Internment's a freebie that comes with the purchase
(the fine print by the Stupendium)
Such a good song! Was extremely surprised to see Stupendium quoted here, but man, what a great use of it 👏
Por pendejos
Hottie on the right definitely needs this fixed. Now, people!
Fucking PEAK comedy lol 🤣
A lot of countries charge you for the deportation. They will even hold you in jail until you pay it back.
Even with this take, it's still dishonest. Something like this is still a pretty motivating: "we could hold you for months more or you could self deport now". And if you're making people sign forms saying one thing and then do another, then it's further undermining trust in the government agencies and the rule of law. Although I suspect some groups confuse harshness with law & justice
Undermining trust in the government agencies and rule of law for who? Illegal aliens? They should not trust those agencies or rule of law. They should leave immediately. We shouldn't be paying them anything except a bullet in their backside.
You seem to have a lot of faith that conditional application of laws and contracts will only affect certain groups, those groups won't change, and that it won't extend to you.
Funny you mention the bullet since there are people that served and took bullets for the US military only to be deported. (Sae Joon Park randomly was an Uber driver of mine a few years ago and was really good to chat with)
You seem like a pretty terrible excuse for a human. I hope you find yourself lost in this, or just screaming into a void until a lonely old age
Shooting illegal migrants is one hell of a take, especially from an American.
Lemme just gun you down, Americans have committed so much crime around the world that I can't be sure you're not one of them child murderers.
No u
They pay more taxes than you and get no benefits from the government
Every country does it so that makes it okay /s
We found somebody that believes what Trump says? They get what they deserve, LIES!
How is this getting what they deserve? In all likelihood believed they were being deported no matter what so figured get something to help themselves and family out of it, they shouldn't be made to feel that way or trust in the promise but that's more naivety than anything else hardly deserving being scammed.