President Trump’s former promise that Mexico will pay for a border wall has turned inside-out. Now, the Trump administration’s newest move on stopping illegal immigration is to pay Mexico to deport illegal immigrants who are in Mexico illegally.

Roughly $20 million from the foreign assistance funds will be re-directed towards Mexico. The money is meant to assist the country in affording plane and bus tickets for as much as 17,000 illegal immigrants who cross through Mexico on their way to the U.S.

The money is meant to be directed towards the many Central Americans who pass through Mexico and attempt to illegally enter the United States. It is the Trump administration’s most recent policy aimed at reducing the number of immigrants crossing the southwestern border.

This comes after a report from U.S. Border Patrol stated that there was a 38% increase in August in the number of families arrested for entering the U.S. illegally.

The funds’ will first be sent from the State Department to the Department of Homeland Security who will finally send the promised amount to the Mexican government.

“We are working closely with our Mexican counterparts to confront rising border apprehension numbers – specifically a 38 percent increase in families this month alone – directly and to ensure that those with legitimate claims have access to appropriate protections,” said Katie Waldman, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security.

The Trump administration’s latest move comes after the highly criticized “zero tolerance” policy, which ordered authorities to criminally prosecute any immigrant illegally entering the United States and has led to the separation of families.

However, conflict arose in the White House when President Trump announced his most recent strategy. According to Democratic Representative on the House of Foreign Affairs Committee, Eliot L. Engel, the money being sent to Mexico from foreign assistance funds was originally meant to help communities dealing with high levels of corruption and crime.

“Congress intended for this money to lift up communities dealing with crime, corruption and so many other challenges, not to expand this administration’s deportation crusade. I want answers about why the state Department thinks it can ignore Congress and dump more cash into deportation efforts,” Engels told the New York Times.

Ali Noorani, the executive director of the National Immigration forum agrees with the opposition. “We shouldn’t be paying another country to do our dirty work; we should actually be fixing our immigration system and helping these countries get back on solid footing,” commented Noorani.