Seizing on premature news of potential $450,000 payments, conservatives have added new complications to an effort to compensate migrant families separated by the Trump administration
The Trump administration’s family separation policy drew condemnations when it came to public light in 2018, not only from Democrats but also from Republicans like Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Melania Trump.
The leaked $450,000 number, first reported by The Wall Street Journal on Oct. 28, had indeed been discussed in talks between the Justice Department and lawyers for the families — but no amount had yet been agreed upon. There is still no agreement, and negotiations are expected to continue into next year, those involved in the talks said. It is also unclear how many people could be eligible for such a payment if a settlement is reached.
And Tucker Carlson opened his Fox News show by accusing the Biden administration of paying “reparations to illegal aliens,” obliquely invoking the racially and politically contentious debate over compensating Black Americans for the lasting societal effects of slavery. A federal judge in San Diego ordered the administration to reunite the families in June 2018, and Biden has promised to make amends to the families who were affected.
The White House referred questions to the Justice Department, which pointed to its policy of not commenting on unresolved settlement talks. Biden himself seemed to agree at first: Asked by a Fox News reporter about the settlement talks on Nov. 3, he called the report of $450,000 payments “garbage.” GOP lawmakers have continued to push their message. In the Senate, Republicans offered an amendment to disband the task force Biden established to identify and reunite the affected families. It failed on a party-line vote. Separately, they introduced legislation to outlaw any payments to migrant families.
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