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Biden Rebuffs Reports His Administration Could Pay $450,000 Per Separated Child at Border

HeadlineNov 04, 2021

In immigration news, President Biden responded to reports his administration was considering compensation of up to $450,000 per family separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy.

President Joe Biden: “Four hundred and fifty thousand dollars per person. Is that what you’re saying?”

Peter Doocy: “That was separated from a family member at the border under the last administration.”

President Joe Biden: “That’s not going to happen.”

Anthony Romero, executive director of the ACLU, which is representing the affected families, said Biden’s refusal to remedy the trauma and other psychological harm caused by family separation would be an “abandonment of a core campaign promise.”

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