'Insulting' amount Trump will pay immigrants to 'self-deport' on 'beautiful flights'

The amount that illegal immigrants will be paid by the government to 'self deport' has been revealed.

Last month, the Trump administration made an offer to immigrants who are undocumented in the US as they continue to try and clamp down on immigration.

"We’re going to give them a stipend," President Donald Trump said at the time. "We’re going to give them some money and a plane ticket, and then we’re going to work with them — if they’re good — if we want them back in, we’re going to work with them to get them back in as quickly as we can."

When the so-called 'self-deportation programme' was first announced, the exact amount people would receive for returning to their home country wasn't outlined. However, a newly released statement from Homeland Security has now disclosed the sum immigrants will be paid, and people have described the amount as an 'insult'.

Donald Trump has urged 'illegal aliens' in the US to 'self deport' (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Part of the announcement shared yesterday (May 5) read: "Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a historic opportunity for illegal aliens to receive both financial and travel assistance to facilitate travel back to their home country through the CBP Home App.

"Any illegal alien who uses the CBP Home App to self-deport will also receive a stipend of $1,000 dollars, paid after their return to their home country has been confirmed through the app."

DHS continued to say that this method is a 'dignified way to leave the US' and will avoid people having any run-ins with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Supposedly this is the most cost affective way for America to get illegal immigrants out of the country as it costs (on average) $17,121 to arrest, detain, and remove an illegal immigrant, DHS claims.

The department said it had already paid for a plane ticket for one migrant to return home to Honduras from Chicago and said more tickets have been booked for this week and next.

Speaking about the offer, Trump told reporters a the Oval Office yesterday, as per The Independent: "We’re gonna pay each one a certain amount of money and get them a beautiful flight back to where they came from, and they have a period of time, and if they make it, we’re gonna work with them so that maybe someday, with a little work, they can come back in."

The POTUS said 'good people' can come back into America (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Some people have criticized the government's measly $1,000 offer though. One person penned on social media following the announcement: "This is an insult—both to migrants and to Trump’s own supporters. To migrants, because it’s absurd to think that people risked everything to come to the US for a mere thousand dollars."

Another person added: "That’s cheap! Our UK government offers £3000."