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Fodder for the rw. That's some sum; who thinks this is a good idea?Breaking|Oct 28, 2021,05:18pm EDT|139,137 views
Biden Administration Reportedly Considering $450,000 Payments To Families Separated At Southern Border
Anna Kaplan
Forbes Staff
The Biden administration is reportedly considering making payments of approximately $450,000 to each person separated from their family at the southern border, the Wall Street Journal reports, showing signs of a potential settlement for several lawsuits that claim the U.S. governments policies left them with lasting psychological effects.
The U.S. Departments of Justice, Homeland Security and Health and Human Services are in talks to offer each person who had been separated $450,000, the Journal reports, citing multiple sources close to the discussions.
The offer comes to nearly $1 million per family, as most families who crossed the border included one parent and one child, though the Journal reports the official number could change.
It is unclear how many people will be eligible for the settlement, but about 940 families have reportedly filed claims.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/annakaplan/2021/10/28/biden-administration-reportedly-considering-450000-payments-to-families-separated-at-southern-border/
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For example:
America last: Biden goes full Oprah, considers $450K payments to illegal migrants separated at border
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/579245-america-last-biden-goes-full-oprah-considers-450k-payments-to-illegal
Scrivener7
(50,949 posts)are permanently scarred. It is the least we can do. Tax some asshole's thirtieth mcmansion to pay for it.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)I didnt think it was for real.
babylonsister
(171,064 posts)to was something about moving to MX so we can cross the border and collect.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)The crazy never stops.
Norbert
(6,039 posts)These people act fast. We need to be careful. These MAGA clowns plan on taking their fear and hate messages to the midterms.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Amishman
(5,557 posts)This does not help the current political headwinds
harumph
(1,899 posts)Private settlements was the way to go.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)TheRealNorth
(9,478 posts)doc03
(35,332 posts)I will vote for a Republican but I certainly don't agree with it myself. That would be like making them a
lottery winner in Mexico. What would $450000 be equivalent to in Mexico? In this country it would put you in
the top 10% at least. I think separating them from their families was wrong. But they were not invited
here, they put themselves and their family at risk themselves. This will only encourage more
problems at the border.
harumph
(1,899 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,334 posts)jimfields33
(15,793 posts)We have homeless all over who are in hell and they are not getting a half million.
dixiechiken1
(2,113 posts)We shouldn't be writing the midterm attack ads for the right wing, asshats ourselves. C'mon, man...
rockfordfile
(8,702 posts)70sEraVet
(3,498 posts)We've paid reparations to Japanese Americans who were rounded up and put in concentration camps. Reparations are cleansing, helping to wipe away an evil stain on the national conscience.
It is the price we have to pay for allowing an avowed racist to take power and brutalized a helpless people.
We will be paying the price for Trump for years to come.
harumph
(1,899 posts)This is an unneeded can of worms.
70sEraVet
(3,498 posts)But after this many generations, its just not feasible. Reparations for Jim Crow laws - I'd be in support of that.
Devil Child
(2,728 posts)msfiddlestix
(7,281 posts)Demovictory9
(32,454 posts)msfiddlestix
(7,281 posts)it'll be divided equally among the affected families in other words?
UncleTomsEvilBrother
(945 posts)...to see yet another group who's received reparations who'll say they can't understand why African Americans can't seem to pull themselves up financially. SMH.
doc03
(35,332 posts)Last edited Sun Oct 31, 2021, 01:11 PM - Edit history (1)
2 years against my will, my family wasn't compensated one penny.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)dalton99a
(81,485 posts)Celerity
(43,349 posts)Tony_FLADEM
(3,023 posts)I hope it's only under consideration and this isn't acted upon.
They should pay for mental health counseling if any of the abducted children need it. That should be the extent of it.
pinkstarburst
(1,327 posts)$450,000 to illegal migrants (I heard it could be $900,000 per family in another article in the WSJ) is a disaster for us politically. It will hand elections in 2022 and 2024 over to the republicans.
So many people in this country are hurting right now. Grocery, gas and heating prices are soaring.
Many young people ages 20-35 are being crushed by student debt, and are facing the reality that with housing costs soaring, they cannot afford to buy a house. Some wish to start families, but cannot afford that either because of the cost of childcare+student debt+housing. $900,000 would buy a house in nearly any city in the country.
How do we think this will play with that demographic when illegal migrants receive $900,000, while the current administration has made no headway on issues that matter to them? Yikes.
Prescription medication prices are out of control. People are having to skip insulin doses. I know I have to pay over $600 per month for one medication when insurance won't cover it. Seniors on social security are expected to scrape by on $1500 per month. They're being told they aren't going to get dental or hearing aid coverage. Disabled people are expected to survive on $770 per month.
How do you think all those voters will react to hearing they have to skip their insulin doses, and survive on $770 per month, but Biden wants to give illegal migrants $900,000?
Someone upthread mentioned reparations. How do we think this will play with Black voters who keep getting told "there's no support for reparations for you" but hey, here's $900,000 per family for illegal migrants? Black voters saved Biden in the primaries and the general.
This is a disaster for us politically.
dalton99a
(81,485 posts)Kali
(55,008 posts)after forcible taking their children away for NO reason is less important than election messaging. fuck this place, sometimes.
TheRealNorth
(9,478 posts)And leads to even worse shit down the road? I am not willing to risk our Democracy for giving people that came here illegally half a million dollars, even if they do deserve some form of compensation for the shit Trump did.
WarGamer
(12,440 posts)So $450k to illegal immigrants and 99% of Americans fall under IRS scrutiny.
BRILLIANT.
Doesn't matter if these things never become law, they will be featured in '22 campaign ads.
Polybius
(15,398 posts)This is a horrendous idea.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,185 posts)GoodRaisin
(8,922 posts)that allowed it to happen would be better.
This will be spun by Republicans at the top of their lungs as Biden giving illegals money. I think the families should be compensated, but lets not take the blame in place of Trump.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)This is not the way to deal with this issue. If this happens, we lose. And we will deserve it.
marmar
(77,080 posts)rgbecker
(4,831 posts)No names, no quotes from anybody in the talks. Nothing from Biden. Just more RW crap to rile the base.
" citing multiple sources close to the discussions." LOL.
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)Raine
(30,540 posts)that's going to go over well with voters!