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The Trump administration offers $2,500 to unaccompanied migrant teens aged 14 and older who voluntarily return home, part of a strategy to encourage self-deportation.
- Last week, the Trump administration offered a one-time $2,500 payment to unaccompanied migrant teenagers, ages 14–17, who return to their home country from ORR custody.
- DHS and HHS communicated to shelter staff that letters and emails offered unaccompanied minors ages 14–17 a voluntary return option, with shelters told to acknowledge notices quickly and warned refusals might affect release or parents' status.
- Immigration judges will consider children's best interests under the TVPRA, which requires safety checks before repatriation, and critics warn children may be pressured into signing documents they don't understand.
- Advocates pushed back, saying ICE described the program as a `strictly voluntary option` first offered to 17-year-olds, prompting legal challenges.
- The policy narrows eligibility by excluding minors not in government custody and children from Mexico, following earlier $1,000 payments to adults amid over 400,000 arrests by US border authorities.
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The Trump Administration Is Paying Children $2,500 to Give Up Their Rights
The Trump administration’s latest immigration scheme offers unaccompanied children $2,500 to “voluntarily” give up their legal rights and return to the very countries they fled. Officials are calling it a resettlement stipend, but in reality, it’s a disingenuous and dangerous form of coercion. Children in federal custody—many without attorneys—are being asked to make life-altering decisions under duress, with money dangled as an incentive to aba…
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Trump administration offers $2,500 to unaccompanied migrant teens who self-deport
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) The Trump administration is offering a new financial incentive for undocumented immigrants who voluntarily leave the country, this time targeting children who crossed the border alone without a parent or guardian.The program offers a one-time $2,500 payment to unaccompanied migrant teenagers 14 and older, but the money would only be paid after they return to their home country.According to a memo obtained by ABC News, the self-d…
The Federal Government is offering $2,500 to children over 14 who voluntarily agree to return to their country of origin.
According to a memorandum from the Department of Health and Human Services obtained by NBC News, it is anticipated that President Trump’s government will ask minors who arrived in this country alone to self-deport themselves with the promise that if they make that decision they will receive $2,500. Immigration expert attorney Andrew Newcomb tells us about this. “For example, if they are still in federal custody, the letter may indicate that if t…
The government of President Donald Trump announced this Friday a controversial initiative that offers $2,500 to unaccompanied immigrant minors who agree to voluntarily return to their countries of origin. The measure, revealed by The Associated Press, was communicated through an email sent to migrant youth hostels, which specifies that young people aged 14 and over would have 24 hours to respond to the offer. The notification, sent by the Admini…
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