The United States has launched the Self -Deportation program. Illegal migrants who voluntarily leave the country will pay a thousand dollars

The US Department of Internal Security (DHS) has announced the launch of the “Self -Deportation” program for illegal migrants, within the framework of which they will be given money to leave the country.

“If you are illegally here, independent deportation is the best, safe and most economical way to leave the United States to avoid arrest,” the DHS report.

The agency offers illegal migrants who independently leave the country using a special application, a thousand dollars scholarships. The program participants will be able to get money only after returning to their homeland, as well as a potential chance to return to the United States in the future.

According to DHS, the program, even taking into account the payment of scholarships, will reduce the expenses of the United States for expulsion of illegal migrants by 70%. Now the detention, detention and the expulsion of one illegal migrant costs an average of $ 17,121.

• The fight against illegal migration is one of the key election promises of Donald Trump, who in January took the post of US President for the second time. Heannounced the program of "Self -Deportation" in April, but did not specify its details.
• According to The Washington Post, the Trump administration plans to deport a million people from the United States by the end of the year.