President Biden says a report which suggested his administration was mulling whether to make payments to immigrants who were separated from their families at the border under Trump's administration, is “garbage.'
U.S President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference in the G20 leaders' summit in Rome, Italy October 31, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
The original report from the Journal said that the payments would be issued"to resolve lawsuits filed on behalf of parents and children who say the government subjected them to lasting psychological trauma." The Journal stated the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security and Health and Human Services are"considering payments that could amount to close to $1 million a family," though final payment amounts could change as some"families would likely get smaller payouts, depending on their circumstances.
FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2019 file photo, immigrants seeking asylum hold hands as they leave a cafeteria at the ICE South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. The isolation of at least three families at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's detention center in Dilley, has raised new fears of the coronavirus spreading through a facility that has long been accused of providing substandard medical care.
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