The extraordinary request illustrates the administration’s aggressive bid to identify willing partners who will accept people expelled by the U.S.

Donald Trump wants to encourage undocumented migrants currently in the United States to “self-deport,” according to a White House official. The new initiative, dubbed "Project Homecoming", aims to persuade migrants to voluntarily leave the U.

President Trump has told the Department of Homeland Security to add 20,000 officers to its deportation force, a move that would include using state and local employees. The order was part of a presidential proclamation issued Friday about pressing immigrants without documentation to leave the US voluntarily,