The Trump administration, in the latest front in its mass deportation campaign, is targeting "unaccompanied" children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without their parents, according to officials and advocates.
The government is offering the children, including thousands on Long Island, $2,500 to go back to their homelands — and suggesting they and their families could be targeted for arrest when they turn 18 if they don’t accept.
The program appears to focus on teens ages 14 to 17 but could involve children as young as 10, according to national immigration lawyers’ associations.
Advocates and immigration lawyers called the move a new low in the immigration crackdown.
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The Trump administration is offering $2,500 to children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with