Given President Donald Trump’s clear immigration agenda, there has been a surge in self-deportations among those who want to avoid being kicked out of the country by border agents.
That trend might accelerate now that the Trump administration is offering payments of $1,000 t0 help cover the expenses of leaving the country voluntarily.
And fiscal conservatives will be happy to hear that, according to White House estimates, that sum is a lot less than what it costs to deport immigrants the old-fashioned way.
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As The Hill reported:
It’s an unusual strategy but one the Trump administration argues could save money, pegging the current cost of arrest, detention and removal of migrants at more than $17,000.
“Self-deportation is a dignified way to leave the U.S. and
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