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$ 450 thousand per person: the Biden administration wants to pay compensation to the families of illegal immigrants divided at the border

Biden administration may pay millions to migrant families separated at border under Trump, reports NBC

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Under Trump's "zero tolerance" policy in 2018 and a 2017 pilot program, more than 5600 migrant children were separated from their parents at the border.

Thousands of parents and migrant children, separated from each other on the US border by Trump administration policies, may soon be eligible for compensation in the amount of hundreds of thousands of dollars per person, according to three sources familiar with ongoing negotiations on a lawsuit brought on behalf of separated families. ...

On October 28, it was reported that the Biden administration is in talks to offer separated migrant parents and children about $ 450 per person. This would mean that if a parent and child are separated at the border, together they will be eligible for a co-payment of $ 000.

The negotiations are part of negotiations between the Justice Department and lawyers representing separated families in a series of misdemeanor cases that allege that families were harmed when they were forcibly separated.

The total amount paid remains unknown as negotiations continue, sources said. But, according to one source, if there are enough parents and children, the US government could pay hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to these families for what they went through.

Under President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" policy in 2018 and a pilot program in 2017, more than 5600 children were separated from their parents simply because their parents crossed the border with them illegally. Trump's policies have led to federal prosecution of parents who cross the border with their children and, consequently, separation from their children.

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The Trump administration did not have a system for quickly reuniting separated families.

More than 1000 families are still separated from each other today, according to the White House. In many cases, parents were deported back to their home countries while their children remained in the United States. And, according to court records, more than 300 parents of separated children have yet to be found.

“These families, especially young children, have been intentionally traumatized by our government and deserve not only adequate compensation, but a chance to remain here so they can begin to heal,” said Lee Gelernt, an ACLU attorney representing separated families.

The Biden administration has created a task force to track and work to reunite separated migrant families. So far, the task force has reunited just over 50 families.

Lawyers representing these families hope that soon after the Biden administration agrees to allow deported parents to return to the United States on a permanent or temporary parole basis, many other families may soon be reunited.

The payments in question will go to parents and children, whether they are in the US or Central America. Some lawyers fear that the large influx of money could make them targets for gangs in Central America.

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The Justice Ministry declined to comment on the status of the negotiations.

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