Trump administration offers $1,000 to migrants who self-deport
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Washington: The Trump administration said on Monday it will pay for the travel and give $1,000 to undocumented migrants who self deport back to thei...
Washington: The Trump administration said on Monday it will pay for the travel and give $1,000 to undocumented migrants who "self-deport" back to their home country.
US President Donald Trump said some of the undocumented migrants who take advantage of the self-deportation scheme will be given a path to legally return to the United States.
"We're going to pay each one a certain amount of money, and we're going to get them a beautiful flight back to where they came from," Trump told reporters during an event at the White House.
"We're going to work with them so that maybe someday, with a little work, they can come back in if they're good people, if they're the kind of people that we want in our (country)," he said. "It will give them a path to coming back into the country."
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, announcing the travel assistance and $1,000 stipend program, said "self-deportation is the best, safest and most cost-effective way to leave the United States to avoid arrest."
