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More than 92,000 “black farmers” signed up for reparations from the Obama USDA after the Pigford case was extended in 2010. That’s five times the number of blacks who were actually farming during the time period in question and would possibly qualify for the reparations. ... To date, almost $1 billion has been paid or credited to the farmers under the settlement’s consent decree. Democrats want to add another $1.2 billion to the money pot and continue with the reparations. Now the Obama Administration is offering Hispanic and women farmers over $1.3 billion in discrimination payouts. ... Obama’s plan has...

A take-it-or-leave-it offer from the Obama administration to settle Hispanic farmers’ discrimination allegations left their attorney “gravely disappointed.”Earlier this week, the Justice Department offered $1.3 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by dozens of Hispanic and female farmers who allege that the Agriculture Department discriminated against them in the awarding of government loans and other assistance.Stephen Hill (Howrey) Stephen Hill, the lead attorney in the Hispanic farmers case — Guadalupe L. Garcia Jr. v. the Secretary of Agriculture – charged that the offer itself is so low it would perpetuate the discrimination his clients suffered at the hands of...