The Trump administration said Friday it would offer to pay migrant children to self deport in its latest mass deportation effort.
The Health and Human Services Department’s Administration for Children and Families emailed migrant shelters saying children 14 years of age and older would get $2,500 each, according to a copy obtained by The Associated Press.
The Trump administration offered to “provide a one-time resettlement support stipend of $2,500 ... to unaccompanied alien children, 14 years of age and older, who have elected to voluntarily depart the United States as of the date of this notice and moving forward,” adding that the “benefit is intended to support reintegration efforts following departure,” according to CNN, who also reviewed a copy of the correspondence.
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