(Bloomberg) – Trump’s administration is preparing to start a program that would offer money to unaccompanied migrants in federal custody in exchange for voluntary return to their home countries, according to the Ministry of Health and Human Services.
This initiative will start with seventeen -year -old people and provide $ 2,500 who decide to leave the US after the judge approves their request and arrives in their country of origin, said the person who spoke to this matter that spoke of anonymity.
The HHS, who oversees refugees resettlement, stated in his statement that the program was designed to provide the opportunities for children who were brought to the US without their families.
The officials said it was intended to be an accompanying minor, many of which were smuggled into the country without choosing, the ability to decide whether to return home. They described the initiative as voluntary and stated that this would allow children to make informed decisions about their future.
Attorneys and immigration lawyers warned this week that efforts could exceed 17 -year -olds, perhaps to address children at the age of 14. They said they were afraid that the program could push the minors to choose protection applications such as asylum, and give up legal guarantees that generally protect children from deportation from the 18th aircraft.
Wendy Young, the president of legal assistance and the lawyer group who needs defense, described the offer as “serious abuse of power”.
“This operation undermines laws that guarantee this process for unaccompanied children, and contradicts the long -term commitment of our nation to protect the most vulnerable among us – children – from violence, trading, abuse, persecution and other serious dangers,” Young said. “We are inviting DHS to immediately stop its activity and ensure that every child in American custody has access to the rights and protection anchored in US law.”
Under US law, immigrants are generally provided by a higher level of protection, including the decade of an old court that limits the government’s ability to detain them. Like adults in immigration proceedings, children are not guaranteed by a lawyer to help them navigate the system.
Since August, the government has said that there were about 2,000 immigrants in the care of HHS to relocate HHS refugees.
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