00:00As the Trump administration pushes forward with its mass deportation plans,
00:06it now says it will pay illegal immigrants $1,000 to return to their home countries.
00:12The Department of Homeland Security said it would also pay for travel assistance,
00:17and that people who use an app called CBP Home would be deprioritized for detention and removal by immigration authorities.
00:25Trump made immigration enforcement and mass deportation a centerpiece of his campaign,
00:31but the execution remains costly.
00:34The Department of Homeland Security said it costs over $17,000 to arrest, detain, and remove someone who is in the U.S. illegally.
00:43Paying someone to leave voluntarily would cost much less, but critics questioned the strategy's effectiveness.
00:49One 2011 study found that similar programs around the world generally failed at encouraging large numbers of people to leave.
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