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Unaccompanied migrants 14 to 17 eligible for $2,500 to self-deport
['Allen Cone']
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The Trump administration plans to pay $2,500 to some unaccompanied migrant children ages 14 to 17 years old in the United States to "volunarily" self-deport to their home countries.
File Photo by Ariana Drehsler/UPI | License PhotoOct. 3 (UPI) -- The Trump administration will pay $2,500 to some unaccompanied migrant children ages 14 to 17 years old to self-deport from the United States to their home countries.
It is called the "Family Assistance Reintegration," and money will be given after an immigration judge grants their request.
When Joe Biden was president, tens of thousands of unaccompanied children reached the United States, at times with the help of smugglers.
The Biden and Trump administrations have attempted to reduce the number of children in the custody of the HHS.