The shadows of asylum-seeking unaccompanied minors are seen amid shadows of adult migrants from Central America as they await transport after crossing the Rio Grande river into Penitas, Texas, on March 12, 2021. Adress Latif/Reuters/File

The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to offer unaccompanied migrant teenagers in the United States the option to voluntarily leave the country and receive a $2,500 payment, according to three sources familiar with the plans and an administration memo obtained by CNN.

The Trump administration has already been offering financial incentives — including a $1,000 exit bonus — to undocumented adult immigrants in the US to depart the country. Administration officials have argued that self-deportation incentives are more cost effective, given the

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