This week President Joe Biden’s administration pulled out of settlement talks for immigrants who illegally entered th The Biden administration claims that nearly a thousand lawsuits have so far been filed by the ACLU of migrant families separated at the border. Democrats are lambasting Trump for the lawsuits. It has not been reported how many are from the Obama administration which had the same basic policies. Biden was Vice-President under President Obama. “Amid political outcry from Republican lawmakers, after the settlement talks were reported, the government told outside negotiators the number would need to be lowered,” The Wall Street Journal reported. “This week, the lawyers say, the Justice Department pulled out of negotiations entirely.” Reports of the proposed payouts were made public in October. The Department of Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services all believed massive payouts were a good option for settling lawsuits brought by the ACLU. The ACLU is demanding about $3.4 million per family. The total payout could be more than $1 billion. And the reported settlement offers were set at about $450,000 per person or $1 million per family. DOJ out of 1 million per family negotiations
