Trump gives money to migrants if they self -deport

The Trump Administration will provide $ 1,000 and travel aid to migrants who choose to self -regulate ‘from the US, the Department of Internal Security (DHS) announced on Monday.

The amount of money and the value of the air ticket for migrants who voluntarily leave would cost less than an effective deportation, the department said. The average cost of arresting, holding and deporting a person without legal status is currently about $ 17,000, according to DHS.

Republican President Donald Trump has taken over the mandate in January, promising to deport millions, but so far the number of deportations is lower than the one during his preceded term Joe Biden.

The Biden administration faced high levels of illegal migration and sent it quickly back to the country of origin Many of those caught by illegally crossing the border.

The Trump administration deported 152,000 people from January 20, according to DHS, less than the 195,000 people deported during February-April last year during the Biden administration. The Trump administration has tried to encourage migrants to leave voluntarily, threatening with large fines and deporting migrants in known prisons in Guantanamo Bay and El Salvador.

« If you are illegally here, self -portation is the best, safest and most profitable way to leave the United States to avoid arrest, » said the Secretary for Internal Security, Kristi Noem, in a statement.

In March, the Trump administration launched an application called CBP Home to facilitate self -deportation. The application, previously called CBP One, was used by the Biden administration to allow migrants to enter the US. Trump presented the plan on granting the amounts of money, saying that the US would consider allowing migrants to return to the country.

« If they are good, if we want them back, we will work with them to bring them back as soon as possible, » he said.

In the announcement of Monday, DHS said that people who choose to leave ‘could keep’ the opportunity to return legally, but did not mention any way or program in this regard.