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A majority of American voters want the border closed to stop the flow of hundreds of thousands of migrants, and they oppose giving taxpayer-funded compensation to those who entered the United States with children illegally, according to a poll through a partnership of the Trafalgar Group and the Convention of States Action. The poll found that 67 percent of American voters disapprove of President Joe Biden’s plan to pay $450,000 settlements to illegal aliens who were separated — compliant to federal law — from their parents. The poll, taken between November 1-4 with 1,086 likely 2022 election voters, also found...

"...if in fact because of the outrageous behavior of the last administration, you coming across the border, whether it's legally or illegally, and you lost your child... You lost your child! It's gone! You deserve some kind of compensation..." #ThankYouBrandon #JoeBiden

A senior White House adviser said the Justice Department will set the amount of compensation if it deems that paying migrants separated from their families will save taxpayers money — payments that run as much as $450,000 or more. “If the DOJ determines that it saves the taxpayers money and it rights a wrong, then they will make the determination that is necessary and I would assume if they make a determination, they’ll come up with what they think is an adequate dollar amount,” Cedric Richmond said on “Fox News Sunday.” R​ichmond said the Justice Department is making its decision...

President Biden flared in anger Saturday as he spoke in favor of his administration’s plan to award $450,000 payments to migrants separated from their families after illegally crossing the US border — three days after he called a report on the payouts “garbage.” Blaming “the outrageous behavior of the last administration,” Biden raised his voice and jabbed his finger at Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy, who asked about the administration’s mixed messaging on the payout policy. “Whether [the border crossing] was legal or illegal, and you lost your child,” Biden thundered. “You lost your child, it’s gone — you deserve...