The Trump administration said on Friday that it would offer to pay the migrant children to deport themselves in their latest mass exile attempt.
The administration of the US Health and Human Services Department for families and children emailed migrant shelters, stating that children will receive every $ 2,500 to children 14 years and older, The Associated Press,
The Trump administration offered to provide foreign children, a one -2,500 rehabilitation support for a one -2,500 US dollars to reject foreign children, 14 years of age and over the age of. CNNWho also reviewed a copy of correspondence.
According to AP, children were given 24 hours to respond without fines to return to their country.
Shelter directors, however, were asked to accept the proposal within four hours.
“This voluntary option gives UACS [unaccompanied alien children] An alternative and allows them to take an informed decision about their future, “Emily Kovington, Assistant Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said in a statement by the Public Affairs Office.
He said, “After granting a grant to the request of an immigration judge, any payment will be provided to support the housecoming house and the person comes to his original country. On returning home, access to financial assistance. They will help in choosing that option,” he said.
ICE officials said that the opportunity is being introduced to children of 17 years first. This may be one from the Trump administration that adult migrants can be allowed to “self-exploration” to adult migrants using a government app. $ 1,000 payment,
However, migrant advocates say the proposal targets the wrongly targeted minors who are unable to weigh the permanent results of self -removal.
“Voluntary departure has always been an alternative for unaccounted children and when this option is explained by a lawyer who has the best interests of the child, risks and benefits can be fully detected,” Neha Desai said CNN in a statement.
Desai said, “There is no valid reason for the government to provide children positively with this option and encourage it with financial payment.”
The migrant children have faced uncertainty in recent months as the Trump administration attempted to cancel funds for legal assistance to children with non -activities provided by the Department of Health and Human Services.
One judge Finally blocked The purpose of the stop-work order was to prevent money for migrant youth in an attempt to protect persons under 18 years of age, as mentioned in the revaluation Act (TVPra) of conservation of smuggling victims of 2008.
Justice said, “Children who come to the children coming to the US by parents or legal parents have often survived targeted violence, abuse, harassment, or smuggling. Legal providers working with these children provide them a significant protection in protecting them from more damage or exploitation,” the corresponding to justice. In a statement,
“Especially at a time when the administration is intensifying the removal proceedings that are forcing people at a dangerous rate through our country’s exile system, legal services for weak children are more important than ever.”
