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Pedro Camacho

Advocates Slam DHS Holiday Self-Deportation Ad: 'To Promote Something So Cruel'

DHS launched a Cyber Monday-themed video promoting self-deportation (Credit: Homeland Security official X account)

Immigrant advocates are criticizing a new Department of Homeland Security campaign that promotes voluntary departure using holiday-themed messaging, calling the approach harmful to immigrant communities.

"To promote something that is so cruel, especially at this time," said Norieliz De Jesus, a youth director with La Colaborativa in Chelsea to NBC10 Boston. She argued that many migrants did not choose to leave their home countries willingly:

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