Biden Denies Report of Plan to Pay Migrant Families Separated Under Trump Admin
President Joe Biden is calling reports “garbage” that his administration is planning to pay a whopping sum to migrant families separated under the Trump administration. “Do you think that that might incentivize more…
President Joe Biden is calling reports “garbage” that his administration is planning to pay a whopping sum to migrant families separated under the Trump administration.
“Do you think that that might incentivize more people to come over illegally?” Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked the president on Wednesday.
The president responded to the reports, telling reporters, “That’s not going to happen.”
He called the reporting “garbage” and “not true.”
Watch Biden’s remarks below:
His remarks come after reports that the administration is considering paying migrant families separated under the previous administration roughly $450,000 per person. The Wall Street Journal first reported on it last week.
The reported potential payments “could amount to close to $1 million a family, though the final numbers could shift,” the paper reported at the time.
Republicans slapped down the idea after the report came out.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) told Fox News, “You’re going to pay people half a million dollars who broke the law at the same time the administration is getting ready to raise taxes on the hard-working families of this country,” adding, “It makes absolutely no sense.”
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