Biden Rejects $450,000 Payments for Separated Migrants
This article, in the Politics section of the New York Times, written by Zolan Kanno-Youngs, details how President Biden opposed the idea of paying migrant families $450,000 in compensation after former President Trump’s “zero-tolerance” policy forcibly separated around 5,500 children from their parents at the southern border.
I thought this was really interesting because it seemed like the U.S. government’s position was going to be to pay them this money, but all of sudden Biden comes out of left field and shoots that option down. The article includes a quote from the executive director of the ACLU, who criticized Biden for the remarks.
I would agree $450,000 per child is pretty nuts. Where did that number come from. Maybe Biden has another number in mind that could happen.
How about the writing?