Trump administration offering some unaccompanied migrant children $2,500 to self-deport, according to memo

The federal government is offering unaccompanied migrant children 14 and older $2,500 to self-deport back to their countries, according to a memo sent by the Department of Health and Human Services and obtained by NBC News.

The federal government is offering unaccompanied migrant children 14 and older $2,500 to leave the United States of their own volition, or “self-deport” back to their countries, according to a memo sent by the Department of Health and Human Services and obtained by NBC News.

The notice was sent Friday afternoon to legal service providers around the country that represent unaccompanied migrant children. Eligible children are those who are from countries other than Mexico and who are currently in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which is part of HHS.

“This benefit is intended to support reintegration efforts following departures,” the notice reads.

The notice also says that the Department of Homeland Security, which is issuing the stipends, has already identified unaccompanied children in ORR custody who have said they want to file or who will file “for voluntary departure.”

Health and Human Services referred all queries to the Department of Homeland Security.