Trump Offers $2,500 to Migrant Kids for Deportation

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00:00The Trump administration has announced a controversial new plan.

00:03Unaccompanied migrant children are being offered money to return home.

00:07Children aged 14 and older will receive $2,500 if they agree to deportation.

00:13The program begins with 17-year-olds, but does not include minors from Mexico.

00:18For this scheme, President Trump allocated $250 million.

00:22Earlier, migrants were only offered $1,000 to self-deport.

00:27Human rights groups call this a cruel tactic.

00:30Arguing it pressures vulnerable children into dangerous choices.

00:34Currently, more than 2,100 unaccompanied minors remain in U.S. custody,

00:39while courts have blocked the deportation of some children.

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