Thread by @chron

Republican politicians are criticizing President Joe Biden's administration for reportedly considering making $450,000 payments to immigrant families.
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The @WSJ reported Thursday that the U.S. Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services are considering offering approximately $450,000 to each person separated from their family after crossing the country's southern border.
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Critics of the payments have called the potential disbursements "insane," but is the proposal as unusual as some claim?
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Geoffrey Hoffman, director of the @UHouston's immigration clinic, says the $450,000 figure is likely far lower than it should be.
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"A proposed monetary settlement is not atypical in federal court litigation where rights have been violated," Hoffman says.

"It would be appropriate in these horrific cases of family separation."

Approximately 5,500 children were separated from their parents under Trump's immigration policy.
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Trump attorney general Jeff Sessions introduced the administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration initiative in April of 2018.

In June of that year, Trump signed an executive order calling for the end of family separation at the border, but "zero tolerance" remained standing policy until its official annulment by the Justice Department in January 2021.

An estimated 1,000 families have yet to be reunited after their parents were deported to their home country.
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@Ariana_noGrande has the reactions to the possible reparations to separated immigrant families 👇
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Do you think each person separated from their family after crossing the country's southern border should receive $450,000?