(Bloomberg) – The Trump administration prepares them to start a program that will provide money to unaccompanied migrant teens in federal conservation in exchange for voluntary return to their homelands, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. The initiative will start with 17-year-olds and provide $ 2500 to minors who prefer to leave the US after an immigration judge approves of their request and arrives in their country of origin, a person who is familiar with the case said who spoke on the condition of anonymity. HHS, which oversees the Office of Refugee Resettlement, said in a statement that the program was designed to offer options for children who were brought to the US without their families. Officials said it is intended to give minors who are unaccompanied minors, many of whom have been smuggled in the country without a choice, the ability to decide whether they return home. They voluntarily described the initiative and said that it would enable children to make an informed decision on their future. Advocates and immigration lawyers warned this week that the effort could extend beyond 17-year-olds, possibly reaching children as young as 14. They said they were concerned that the program could withdraw minors to withdraw protection applications, such as asylum and waive of legal precautions that were generally before the deportation of the deportation. “This operation undermines laws that guarantee the unaccompanied children’s process, and it is contrary to the long -term commitment of our country to protect the most vulnerable among us – children – from violence, human trafficking, abuse, persecution and other serious dangers,” Young said. “We call on DHS to stop its operation immediately and ensure that every child in US supervision has access to the rights and protection captured in US legislation.” Immigrant children usually gain higher protection levels under US legislation, including a decades-old court arrangement that limits the government’s ability to arrest them. Like adults in immigration, children are not an advocate to help them navigate the system. From August, the government reported that there were on average about 2,000 immigrant children in the care of HHS’s Refugee Residential Office. More stories like these are available on Bloomberg.com © 2025 Bloomberg LP
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