The United States returned, this Monday, May 19, 64 undocumented migrants for Honduras and Colombia, as part of what the Trump administration calls “self -examination.” In addition to the financing of its plane ticket, each passenger in an irregular situation received a compensation of $ 1,000.
“Each one received travel assistance, a compensation of $ 1,000, and maintain the opportunity to legally return to the United States,” the ministry said in a statement. The flight from Houston in Texas, took off early this Monday morning. A total of 38 migrants, including 19 children, landed in Honduras and 26 in Colombia.
Since he assumed the position in January, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has already taken several measures to accelerate expulsions. During his campaign, he had noticeably promised to lead “the greatest expulsion operation in the history of the country”, making the fight against illegal immigration one of his priorities.
An “self -expression” application
For expulsion, passengers used a mobile application, called “CBP Home”. “Just make a request and in three days, it will have it,” said Kevin Antonio Posadas to Associated Press (AP). Originally from Tegucigalpa in Honduras, this man had lived in Houston for three years and was already considering returning to his country when the Trump administration announced its offer.
“I wanted to see my family and my mother,” Kevin said, praising the merits of the application.
Among the migrants who voluntarily arrived in Honduras on Monday, there were four children born in the United States, said Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Honduras, Antonio García, cited by the AP.
He announced that the Honduran government would also support return migrants by providing them with 100 dollars in cash and a credit of 200 dollars in a store managed by the government that sells essential products.
“Return project to the country”
For her part, the Interior Minister of the United States, Kristi Noem, asked other undocumented people in the United States to benefit from this return program called “return to the country.” “Control the way you return and receive financial support to return home,” said Kristi Noem. “If you do not, you are likely to receive a fine, to be arrested, expelled and never have the right to return.”
“If you are in this country illegally, leave your own country now and keep the opportunity to return on the legal route,” he promised.
In an interview with American Television NBC News, Kathleen Bush-Joseph, a political analyst in the American Migratation Immigration Policy Program, asked for caution regarding this possible return to the United States, which is still probable.
“For many people who leave the United States, there may never be a legal possibility to return to it, or that the performance is prohibited for many years,” he warned Heidi Altman, vice president in charge of policies at the National Immigration Law Center, an organization for the defense of rights to NBC News.
If apparently the attractive air supply, this new measure of the Trump administration is included in a clear economic policy. The use of self -expression should reduce expulsion costs by around 70 %. Currently, the average cost of arrest, detention and expulsion of an foreigner in an irregular situation amounts to $ 17,121, indicates the United States Internal Security Departments In a press release.
Source: BFM TV
