Posted on 11/04/2021 4:49:07 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday that President Biden is 'perfectly comfortable' with cash payouts to migrant families separated at the border, but insisted the settlements won't be as high as $450,000.
Fox News' Peter Doocy asked Jean-Pierre during the briefing what Biden meant when he called the reports of payments 'garbage' after the ACLU claimed that he 'hadn't been briefed properly.
Jean-Pierre, standing in for Jen Psaki after her COVID diagnosis, responded by saying that settlements were happening, and he was responding to the claim that they could be close to half-a-million dollars.
'If it saves taxpayer dollars and puts the disastrous history of the previous administration's use of "zero tolerance" and family separation behind us, the President is perfectly comfortable with the Department of Justice settling with the individuals and families who are currently in litigation with the US government,' she said.
She wouldn't specify the amount the Biden administration would spend in the settlements and referred all other questions to the Department of Justice.
The American Civil Liberties Union tore into Biden on Wednesday night after he denied reports that his White House is planning on paying separated migrants $450,000 each or $1 million per family.
The head of the ACLU said the 78-year-old president's statement means he either hasn't been 'full briefed' on the matter or is 'abandoning' his promise to undo Donald Trump's more strict immigration laws.
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He seems to flip almost as often as he flops.
omg. this guy is a mess!!! he’s been caught red handed and I hope all U.S. Citizens are made aware of this unbelievable action.
$450k minus 10%, as some have suggested?
He’s only going to pay them $449,999.99
He doesn’t care how much taxpayer money he wastes. FJB.
Everyone, come to America, break our laws, get paid vast sums for it. We need new Democrat voters!
I wonder if they will jfk him then confiscate guns?
They’ll get every penny of that $450,000. And to add insult to injury the US Government will pay the ACLU a gigantic pile of cash for their legal fees.
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ANY amount is too much.
They broke into the country.
Here’s a novel idea don’t throw your kid over the barbed wire border fence. I’m just sayin.
Grounds for Impeachment...
Giving the illegals large sums of money will put the pubbies over the top in 2022.
Again - WHO IS IN CHARGE HERE?!
Is somebody as the White House overriding Biden’s actual commands?!
If the words coming out of The President of the United States’ mouth are not true and the clarifications are the complete opposite of what he said - then Biden is NOT, in fact, the executive of the US and he MUST STAND DOWN.
IMMEDIATELY!
Lots of cash needed to pay the “fines” for crossing illegally, hiring lawyers, and accepting U.S. citizenship.
Why not? It appears to pay well
I’d be OK giving them a couple grand as long as it came with a bus ticket to Meehico.
Grounds for impeachment.
Do Nothing Harris can be impeached at the same time.
Biden is so out of it it's really hard to believe.
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