The Trump administration announced a new program on Monday and offers 1,000 US dollars Scholarship and travel support To undocumented migrants who voluntarily “hand in”, citing cost savings about forced deportations, the average of $ 17,000 per person | Photo loan: Leonel Estrada/Reuters
The Trump administration will offer migrants who voluntarily choose “self -shift” from the USA, offered a scholarship and travel support of $ 1,000, the Department of Homeland Security said on Monday.
The scholarship and the potential flight price for migrants who leave voluntarily would cost less than an actual deportation, said the agency. According to DHS, the average costs for the arrest, detention and deportation of someone without legal status are currently around $ 17,000.
President Donald Trump, a Republican, started in January to commit millions of people, but has so far withdrawn deportations under his democratic predecessor Joe Biden. The government of Biden looked like a high level of illegal immigration and quickly returned to cross the border.
According to DHS, the Trump government has deported 152,000 people since January 20, who were deported to February April from 195,000 from bidges last year. Trump’s administration has tried to encourage migrants to voluntarily go by threatening steep fines, trying to remove legal status and deport migrants to infamous prisons in Guantanamo Bay and El Salvador.
“If you are illegal here, self -support is the best, safest and most cost -effective way of leaving the United States to avoid arrest,” said Kristi Noem, secretary of the home protection authority, in a statement. In March, the administration started a renamed app called CBP Home to facilitate the self-report. The app previously called CBP One was used by the Biden administration to enable migrants to legally enter the United States. Trump had the scholarship in the preview in April and said the United States was considering returning migrants.
“If you are good, if we want to clean you again, we will work with you to include you as soon as possible,” he said.
In the announcement on Monday, DHS said that people who could go on “could help keep the ability to preserve legally, but do not cite a specific way or program.
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Published on May 5, 2025