Mcalan, Texas – Mcallen, Texas (AP)-The Trump administration said on Friday that it will pay immigrant children $ 2,500 to voluntarily return to their countries of origin, hanging with a new incentive in the efforts made to persuade people to pass.
The enforcement of immigration and customs in the United States has not been mentioned how much immigrants will get or whenever the offer will be in effect, but the Associated Press got an email to migrant shelters that say children aged 14 years or older will get $ 2,500 each. The children were given 24 hours to respond.
The notice of shelters from the US Department of Health and Humanitarian Services for families and children did not indicate any consequences for children who refuse the offer. She asked shelter managers to admit the offer within four hours.
ICE said in a statement that the offer would be at the beginning for children at the age of 17.
Ice said: “Any batch will be offered to support the country after the immigration judge is granted the request and the individual will reach their country of origin.” “Access to financial support when returning home will help choose this option.”
ICE, the Ministry of Internal Security, the Health and Humanitarian Services Administration did not respond immediately questions about the amount of payment and eligibility for age.
ICE rejected large -scale reports between the immigration lawyer and preachers that it was launching a campaign much broader campaign on Friday to deport migrant children who entered the country without their parents, called “Freaky Friday”.
The administration also offered $ 1,000 to adults voluntarily. Defenders said that $ 2,500 may prevent children from making informed decisions.
“For a child, 2,500 dollars may be the largest number of money they have seen in their lives, and this may make it very difficult for them to accurately weigh the long -term risks of volunteer exit in exchange for trying to stay in the United States and bypass the immigration court in the field of immigration.
Murad Awood, head of the New York Immigration Alliance, chaired concerns about this offer, saying that he “pressures children to give up their legal demands and return to a life of fear and danger without receiving a fair hearing.”
The American border authorities have arrested children crossing the border without parents more than 400,000 times since October 2021. The 2008 law is asking to appear before the immigration judge before returning to their countries.
Children spend more time in the government -run shelters because the Trump administration placed them under careful scrutiny before they were launched to the family in the United States to follow their immigration issues.
Additional audit includes fingerprints, DNA testing and home visits by immigration officers. During the summer, immigration officers began to appear and The arrest of parents.
The average period of residence in the government -run shelters for those in the United States was 171 days in July, a decrease from 217 days in April, but above 37 days in January, when Trump took office.