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US offers $1,000 stipend to encourage migrants to self-deport

Repatriation flight with migrants deported from U.S. lands, in Maiquetia

Venezuelan migrants arrive at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on April 3 after being deported from the United States.

 Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/reuters

WASHINGTON � The Trump administration will offer a $1,000 stipend and travel assistance to migrants who elect to voluntarily "self-deport" from the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security said on Monday.

The stipend and potential airfare for migrants who voluntarily depart would cost less than an actual deportation, the agency said. The average cost of arresting, detaining and deporting someone without legal status is currently about $17,000, according to DHS.



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