1.0Ms. Magazinehttps://msmagazine.comThe Trump Administration Is Paying Children $2,500 to Give Up Their Rights - Ms. Magazinerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="UfpTs8L9er"><a href="https://msmagazine.com/2025/10/07/trump-2500-children-deport-resettlement-stipend/">The Trump Administration Is Paying Children $2,500 to Give Up Their Rights</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://msmagazine.com/2025/10/07/trump-2500-children-deport-resettlement-stipend/embed/#?secret=UfpTs8L9er" width="600" height="338" title="“The Trump Administration Is Paying Children $2,500 to Give Up Their Rights” — Ms. Magazine" data-secret="UfpTs8L9er" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://msmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Charly-Triballeau.png1600900The Trump administration’s latest immigration scheme offers unaccompanied children $2,500 to “voluntarily” give up their legal rights and return to the very countries they fled. Officials are calling it a resettlement stipend, but in reality, it’s a disingenuous and dangerous form of coercion. Children in federal custody—many without attorneys—are being asked to make life-altering decisions under duress, with money dangled as an incentive to abandon their claims. Far from empowering them with choice, this program undermines the legal protections Congress established to keep children safe. It’s one more example of the administration’s incremental intimidation of children—this time, with a price tag attached.