The Biden administration is currently considering paying over 1,000 illegal immigrants $450,000 each as part of a settlement in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
The ACLU is representing just over 1,000 previously deported illegal immigrants and their parents in Ms. L v. ICE. The lawsuit was filed in 2018 after the enforcement of Trump’s “Zero Tolerance” policy. Since children under the age of 14 are not allowed to be imprisoned in federal criminal jails, Trump’s policy resulted in parents of illegal immigrants being separated from their children after they were caught violating America’s immigration laws. Trump’s “Zero Tolerance” policy also helped to contribute to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s successful fortification of America’s southern border, whereby ICE reported the lowest levels of illegal immigration in 17 years during Trump’s tenure. However, according to the lawsuit, the policy inflicted “suffering and trauma” upon non-citizens and their families. It should be noted that the lawsuit fails to explain how the “suffering and trauma” that occurred due to Trump’s policies differed from the suffering and trauma that was caused when previous administrations upheld America’s immigration laws, or the suffering and trauma that is caused when any parent of a child is incarcerated, which ultimately separates them.
The Biden administration actively engages in settlement negotiations in the lawsuit and plans to settle instead of further fighting the case. Specifically, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and Department of Justice (DOJ) are in active settlement discussions and would be the organizations that ultimately administer the payments to the illegal immigrants. In total, the Biden administration is expected to issue upwards of $1 billion in settlement rewards to non-citizens that filed claims in the lawsuit, although the final amount could change depending on how the remaining discussions go.
While the $450,000 figure being considered is outrageous, it is just over one-third of what the lawsuit demanded. According to the lawsuit, the average family sought $3.4 million in reparations or over $1.5 million per person. For comparison, the families of American service members killed in combat are awarded a maximum of $400,000 in Servicemembers Group Life Insurance (SGLI).
Last week, Biden claimed that reports of the $450,000 payments were “garbage.” However, last Thursday, White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that Biden is “perfectly comfortable” with issuing reparations to illegal immigrants that filed claims in the lawsuit. Most recently, on Saturday, Biden yelled at a reporter when they attempted to get answers regarding the situation. At this point, Biden seemingly flipped from his statement denouncing the payments that he had made just days prior when he told the reporter, “Because of the outrageous behavior of the last administration, you’re coming across the border, whether it was legally or illegally, and you lost your child—You lost your child. It’s gone—you deserve some kind of compensation, no matter what the circumstance. What that will be I have no idea.” It is currently unclear why Biden lied and attempted to dismiss reports of the payments, especially considering there is documented evidence to the contrary.
Republican leaders are rightfully speaking out against this insanity. To quote Senator Chuck Grassley, “We should not be paying anything to people who break our laws.” Senator Mitch McConnell added to the criticism by saying, “This absurd idea feels like a satirical policy proposal that Republicans would have invented to make a parody out of the radical left. Oh, and the next thing you know, they’ll be sending out million dollar checks to illegal immigrants! But this is literally what the Biden administration wants to do.” Both Senator McConnell and Senator Grassley recently sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that he clarify what the Justice Department’s official stance on the payments is.
Nobody should ever receive compensation for violating America’s immigration laws. Offering such payments under any circumstances creates a terrible precedent and only offers illegal immigrants even more incentives to put their children in danger in the hopes of receiving a hefty sum of money from the government. The Biden administration should not even consider issuing these kinds of payments in the midst of America’s immigration crisis that they themselves have created with their disastrous policies.
Why don’t you worry about Americans? Oh, my bad I forgot you not for the Americans
He lives in a fog. In his privileged life, money means nothing and it buys you everything. He need to be stopped NOW.
I say if Joe Biden wants to give illegals money so bad, let him write personal checks on his personal bank account.
The rest of us have bills to pay, mortgages to pay, and food and utilities that need to be paid.
Maybe Cruella Harris aka #2 Resident in the White House should put her money where her mouth is and write a personal check to each of the illegal aliens she feels so strongly about that she can’t be bothered to visit the border.
The Ostrict Approach to Politics: keep your head in the sand and chanting lalala, will eventually wind up with your buttocks exposed!!
Can’t wait to see them all in matching, designer, orange pantsuits.
Can I get in on that pay day? Are they going to pay taxes on that windfall?
Other than Impeachment, can’t Biden and Harris be removed from office for failing to carry out their constitutional duties and upholding the laws of the USA? Paying illegal aliens for sneaking across our border? they took the chance to do the crime,,,and they should not even be in a court of law THEY ARE CRIMINAL ALIENS who snuck in to our country – same as if they broke into our house!
Biden is stupid. You don’t pay criminals for breaking your laws…you put them in jail. With Biden giving away all this money, makes me wonder who he thinks is going to pay for his debts. Also, if he wants to give away all this money, please send my share.
biden could be paying for the humans that are being trafficked. I feel that he is somehow involved in that too. That’s his way of satisfying his sick hair sniffing and sickening remarks about children in a sexual context. He is satan’s pawn
Dear Hidin Biden:
Your mother taught you crime doesn’t pay, but you never listened to the message. Since when do you have the right to overreach a function of the legislative branch? Since when do you have the authority to “flip off” the judicial branch? Since when do you have the authority to usurp the Constitution of the United States of America? Since when do you have the authority to permit people to walk through our southern border and get away with lawlessness that you punish law abiding United States Citizens and the 50 States for for even breathing disagreement with your edicts? Since when did law abiding citizens become your slaves? Since when do you have the right to weaponize federal officers and agencies to do your illegal bidding? You have a major problem with security: you’re compromised with China. Your family received money for favor and access.
Let’s go Brandon.
What should be done before Biden proceeds is counter sue for cost and fines in the amount Biden wants to hand out. The ACLU was formed to provide legal American people that could not afford counsel a way of protection. What it has turned into is a Democratic Marxist orgination. I can’t think of a single thing they have represented lately except the rich and the crooked.
People who Illegally enter Russia, China, Cuba, Iran etc. get a jail cell, or many get a bullet.
We should consider the same rewards for illegal entry into the U.S. Like every other nation we have immigration laws and procedure that must followed. The first is an application for a VISA, then a vetting process before any VISA is granted. The process takes takes time but removes those who would do us harm. We only want those who will contribute, and assimilate and no handouts period.
Finish building the WALL.
This President has violated his oath office to defend and protect America and its people with his come one, come all, open door policy. Took only 19 to bring this country to a stop on 911. What are the odds when MS13, drugs, terrorists., human trafficking, infectious diseases, Covid freely enter this country go unchecked. Roughly 1.7 million thus far. Yet this admin. keeps the borders open to transform this country into a 3rd rate hell hole. Infrastructure bill and not ONE mention of completing the wall. No admin could be this incompetent creating one crisis after another, if not be design! An admin. deserving of no respect. They have not earned it!
One proud veteran
Not only is the wall needed at the Sourthern border, it must be manned to insure that it cannot be overrun. Once it becomes obvious to the Mexican citizenry, Mexico will put a stop to it and probably stop it at their southern border.
It should be clear to American citizens that the Joe Hidin’ Biden Democraps are grossly baiting, drawing, and soliciting the illegal invasion of foreigners at the border. This is beyond sheer stupidity … it is insanity. I truly believe a significant reason Biden and his Democrap comrades are desperately trying to load up bodies that they can use to rig the next elections. I’m confident the Democraps can dig up enough info of deceased citizens to arrange to feed them in to the voting system. We are losing our Constitutional Democracy to a hybrid somewhat disguised form of Communism. If American citizens don’t wake up and demand this incursion our future is very dim.
The illegal aliens willingly crossed our borders knowing it was wrong and using children as a chess pawn.
What is the reward if you cross the Russian border or China? Would they give out money?
We can criticize Biden and other politicians but the bigger problem are the ones that vote for them. That to me is the most frightening part of the movement towards socialism.
Our Veterans should receive better than Illegal Aliens…..ALWAYS !!
Outrageous, completely insane behavior. They play with words back and forth. This is our country earned with honest blood and sacrifices of many Americans. How, where and by whom are those illegal plans are to become valid against our nation? Stop trying to sell our country through fairytale fantasies hoping that we the real Americans are going to buy into them. Do really use your brains and stop being puppets of those with twisted minds.
One word Treason
biden has treated illegal aliens better than AMERICAN BLACKS, VETERANS, AND CITIZENS!
Biden and all the “squad” are idiots. End of discussion.
let me get this straight: Their (the illegal immigrants) first act in coming to this country was to BREAK OUR LAWS and they want to be rewarded for it by getting $450,000 of taxpayer dollars, This is an absolute disgrace! We are treating illegal immigrants better than we treat gold stat families who lose loved ones in service to our country. Also, what about families who lose loved ones (PERMANENTLY!) to the actions of criminal illegal immigrants? Where are their reparations?
That $$ should be going to veterans who sacrificed to protect our liberties, and their families, not to people who break our laws to enter the US.
We really shouldn’t be separating children from their parents. We should hand the whole family a bag lunch and escort them across the border into Mexico. If they were able to reach our southern border, they should be able to get back home.
Screw Biden, screw the Dems and screw illegals. I was taken from my home against my will and the will of my parents…and forced into the Army and separated for two years…and I never broke any laws. It used to be that a criminal couldn’t profit from an illegal act…where have our values gone??
Makes one consider if paying federal taxes serves the interests of the American people, or is being used to destroy it.
Illegal is ILLEGAL…..they should get NOTHING, but a trip back across the border. And Biden needs to be locked in his basement. FJB
Haven’t done the actuall math but… isn’t this way more to one group than all that “stimulus” paid to everyone last year? In any case, I’m taking my stimulus, buying a bus ticket to Juarez and illegally crossing the border to get me some of that! Better yet, buy a bus and charge others too. I’m accepting reservations at FickBuden.com.
This idea makes me unbelievably angry! I hope the courts or someone, anyone with some sense ( though I’m not sure there’s anyone in government who has any) can throw out this horrible idea and make sure it never happens.
If our government has this kind of cash it should be utilized to get help for our veterans. These women and gentlemen fought to keep our country free. Now they deal with PTSD, other service related health issues, wait months for medical care and some are homeless. We need to get our priorities in line. I am 77 years old and never dreamed I would witness such nonsense. Do these politicians want their grandkids/great to grow up in a society like this?
Please explain why the AMERICAN Civil Liberties Union is fighting for NON- Americans who broke our laws by coming here???? Who is fighting for Americans???
Dumbest idea ever, but then again Democrats came up with this boneheaded idea so why am I still surprised by this? Just one more dumb idea to add to their long list of dumb ideas.
The usurper in chief stealing money from law abiding tax paying citizens and giving it to people coming here illegally so they can steal the elections for these democrat malcontents!!!
Next election cycle it’s time to vote out the Democrats and get some fiscally responsible Republicans in their place. The Dems are getting more radical and it’s nauseating. They will have to come after our hard earned retirement money eventually.
Giving $450k to illegals who would likely become citizen/Democrats is an overt bribe for votes!
I tell you, the election cycle can’t come soon enough to get this “shell” of a president and his cronies out of office.
He is not working with his money, he is working with OUR money! If he is dying to spend some of it, he should consider helping out senior citizens or disabled citizens! We do not authorize him to use our money to assist people who are already BREAKING our laws!!!!!! and who have contributed NOTHING!!
Paying illegals any money is plain nonsense. Biden is just a puppet of the left. He should be impeached for treason in tearing apart this country along with that laughing hyena VP.
OM
But the biggest joke of all is that Biden is not referring to those separated from their parents because he left them behind in Afghanistan, or those Obama separated with his immigration policies, or those Biden is separating with his own idiotic open border policy, or those separated because an illegal killed a child, or a parent.
No Biden is only referring to those separated by Trump’s policies. That oughta’ tell you everything.
Throw this BS idea out!
Well Bite Me is doing it again. Let’s see now, 1. He is going to pay illegals for breaking our laws. 2. He and his Draconian minions want to do away with paint family leave, even though we pay into that fund thru payroll deductions. 3. There is a cargo ship off the coast of California loaded with ammo that is not being allowed to dock and unload, are the people on that ship allowed to go and see their families or at least come ashore. When Bite Me shut down Keystone pipeline gas prices jumped and have gone up by 250%. Don’t just impeach Bite Me, impeach all of the evil Dumocrat Draconian minions, Pisslosi too
The Biden, Bull##t, needs to stop, Americans are being Craped on by their own Government,
Vote all the Democrats out in 2022, make America great again!
Just 1 of these “illegal” payoffs happens, it could lead to open rebellion or insurrection! . . . So be my guest, Jackass Joe, your kingship will be doomed!
The courts should have thrown this BS lawsuit out as soon as it was filed! I suggest that, if this outrageous crap does go through, we, the people, file a lawsuit against the ACLU for at least the same amount and criminal charges be filed against them for treason in aiding and abetting illegal immigration!
Oh sure, it’s not his money, it’s our money!
Why should taxpayers pay for illegals when they bring with them diseases? They are NOT tested nor vetted! So all those cages under the Obama administration were started isn’t that so? Such hypocrisy!
It would seem to me that we should be charging those illegal s with room and board for the children they brought into this country, knowing they would be separated and purposely putting their children in a frightening situation. Are we going to give money to US citizens who break the law and are incarcerated and are separated from their children? Fight the fight…don’t throw money at it to make it go away. Ridicules. Is there no common sense left in America!!
We should be BILLING them $450,000. each for costs we incurred from their breaking our laws. IMPEACH BIDEN!!
States Must Take Back Their Powers and Stop Crime, especially in Federal Government. States Must STOP Grand Theft of Taxpayers Money!
Stop IRS, IRS Is Unconstitutional. Facts Matter. Truth is Knowable.
Prayers for wisdom and Justice. Representatives Must Uphold Their Oath To Citizens. God Bless America ???????????? Alegence is to The Constituion.
FIRST THERE WAS THE UN-COLA NOW THERE’S THE UN-PRESIDENT.. HE DOES NOT BELONG IN THE OVAL OFFICE OR ANY OFFICE! HE HAS DONE NOTHING TO IMPROVE LIFE FOR AMERICANS JUST THE OPPOSITE!
It’s ILLEGAL and wholesale THEFT of the US Treasury i.e., from all US taxpayers. We are being RULED by the globalist wealthy elite class, NOT REPRESENTED! Wake up Americans.
another one of Biden’s idiotic ideas. He is a ass when he just keeps taking money from hard working people to pay for all his stupid plans. Money doesn’t grow on trees, Just keeps taking from us hard working class. We are definitely not better off with him in office.