Biden considering awarding $450,000 per person to
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The Biden administration is considering paying $450,000 per person to families separated at the southern border as it tries to settle lawsuits with migrants who say the policy caused them permanent psychological damage.
Officials with the Department of Justice, Homeland Security, and the Department of Health and Human Services are considering payments that could total closer to $1 million for two people from the same family, people familiar with.
The American Civil Liberties Union, which represents separated families, has identified about 5,500 children separated from parents at the border during Trump-era policy.
the former President TrumpThe U.K. administration implemented the policy in April 2018 and withdrew it two months later after much controversy in June.
The total potential payment cost could be $1 billion or more.
The ‘zero-tolerance policy’ applies to families who illegally crossed the US-Mexico border to claim asylum. Since the children could not be detained with their parents, the families were separated, sometimes with no way to track them down and reunite them later, the government investigation found.
Biden administration considering paying $450,000 per person to families separated at southern border
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