U.S. ends talks over compensation for families separated under Trump

[OneCrazyDiamond]

Source: CBS News

The U.S. government ended negotiations over monetary compensation for migrant families who were separated near the southern border during the Trump administration, the Justice Department and lawyers representing the families said Thursday.


The families' lawyers said Justice Department attorneys informed them that the government would no longer work with them to settle lawsuits filed on behalf of parents and children seeking damages over the border separations.

Thursday's decision by the Biden administration, which has forcefully denounced the Trump-era separations, comes after Republican lawmakers expressed outrage over reports that some families could have received hundreds of thousands of dollars as part of a potential settlement.

"Families should be consulted regarding the most appropriate means of reparation, including but not limited to a formal apology by the U.S. government, a pathway to permanent legal residence, monetary damages and prosecution of the officials who implemented this policy," the clinicians wrote in their report.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-family-separations-compensation-us-ends-talks/

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They lost their children.

[old as dirt]

1. Kidnapping is the very basis of white supremacy...

… here in America. And I mean ALL of America.

[Pantagruel]

2. GOP may not want to settle

for sins of their guy but settling is the smart way to go for us taxpayers. Lawyers drooling about going in front of a jury with a plaintiff who had their child torn from their arms by border guards. Too bad we can't get the RNC to foot the bill.

[Bayard]

3. "Prosecution of the officials who implemented this policy"

I like the sound of that!

[Polybius]

4. Smart move

It wasn't a winning issue in November, and Biden knows it.