The $3,000 self-deportation program is a deceptive trap that pressures vulnerable immigrants into surrendering valuable legal rights for temporary cash. People in removal proceedings or detention face coercive conditions where they're pushed to abandon asylum claims, cancellation of removal eligibility and family-based immigration pathways without understanding they may trigger permanent 3-year or 10-year reentry bars. DHS functions as an enforcement agency, not a legal advisor, and its misleading marketing materials omit critical consequences while immigrants lose access to court protections and humanitarian relief worth far more than any stipend.