President Donald Trump’s deputies have persuaded more than 7,000 migrants to self-deport, at a savings of roughly $16,000 per person, according to The Atlantic.
3,000 self-deporting migrants have left the country, and more are expected, the article noted:
I checked with half a dozen or so immigration attorneys to see if they have clients considering the administration’s offer. No takers yet, they said. “I have a feeling that it will start happening soon,” Jonathan Ryan, an attorney in Texas who represents asylum seekers and refugees, told me. “People are in shock right now, but I suspect the next step will be to start looking at their options.”
The self-deportation number is likely far higher than 3,000 because many other migrants are quietly moving back
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