Biden Claims Reports That His Admin To Give Illegal Aliens $450,000 If Separated At Border Under Trump Are ‘Garbage’
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The New York Times both later confirmed the report from The Wall Street Journal.
Fox News reporter Peter Doocy pressed Biden on the issue during a press conference on Wednesday, noting that before Biden had left for an overseas trip, “there were reports that were surfacing that your administration is planning to pay illegal immigrants who are separated from their families at the border up to $450,000 each, possibly a million dollars per family.”
“Do you think that that might incentivize more people to come over illegally?” Doocy asked.
“If you guys keep sending that garbage out? Yeah,” Biden said. “But it’s not true.”
When asked if it was a “garbage report,” Biden said, “Yeah.”
“$450,000 per person?” Biden asked. “Is that what you’re saying?”
“That was separated from a family member at the border under the last administration,” Doocy said.
“That’s not going to happen,” Biden claimed.