Biden Considers Paying $450,000 To Family Members Separated At Southern Border
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President Joe Biden is considering paying immigrant families who were separated at the southern border around $450,000 a person, or around $1 million a family.
While negotiations between the Biden administration and lawyers representing the families might not be over until the end of November, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the potential settlements could be much smaller. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) identified about 5,500 children that were separated at the border while the Trump administration's “zero-tolerance” enforcement policy was in effect. Over 940 families have reportedly filed lawsuits that claim the government subjected children to lasting psychological trauma, heat exhaustion and malnutrition.
The report was prominently covered across the spectrum. Right-rated outlets were more likely to display pictures of border patrol members detaining "illegal immigrants," while left-rated outlets tended to highlight portraits of "undocumented immigrants" that were separated from their families at the border. Right-rated outlets also emphasized how 45 Republican lawmakers sent a letter to the Biden administration "slamming the disastrous payouts" and that "the cost to taxpayers could approach $1 billion." Left-rated outlets criticized Trump's family separation policy, where "Border Patrol agents criminally charged parents with illegally entering the United States" and imprisoned them.
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From the Right
White House considering payments of $450K — per person — to immigrant families separated at borderThe Biden administration is discussing paying out hundreds of millions of dollars to illegal immigrant families who were separated at the US-Mexico border under the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy in 2018, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
According to the Journal, the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services are considering the payments in order to settle lawsuits filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and others on behalf of families who crossed into the US from Mexico illegally to seek asylum.
The paper reports that the average demand in each lawsuit...
From the Left
The Biden administration is considering $450,000 payments to families separated at the border under TrumpThe Biden administration is considering compensating immigrant families that were separated at the US border during the Trump administration, with payments of $450,000 per person, according to The Wall Street Journal.
According to the report, several agencies, including the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services have been parties to the settlement discussion, according to people close to the talks who spoke with The Journal.
The sums in discussion are reportedly $1 million payouts per family, or $450,000 per individual, potentially totalling $1 billion, but the figures are...
From the Left
Family Members Separated at Border May Each Get Up to $450,000Migrant families separated at the border by the Trump administration may be eligible to each receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation for the damage inflicted on them by the policy, according to several people familiar with the matter.
Some families could receive as much as $450,000 for each member who was directly affected, the sources said. However, negotiations between the Biden administration and lawyers representing the families are not over, and many might get far less, they said.
About 5,500 children were separated from parents at the southern...
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