The Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is on Capitol Hill. The photo was taken byJacquelyn Martin.
A lawyer for the families said Thursday that they have not reached a settlement with the US government.
Attorney Lee Gelernt of the American Civil Liberties Union would not discuss details of the talks or confirm a previously reported settlement proposal of several hundred thousand dollars to each affected person. If there is no agreement to end the litigation, a trial featuring parents separated from their children as young as six months as witnesses is possible.
Gelernt told reporters that there was no deal on the table and that there was no time frame.
The settlement talks have become a new line of attack for Biden administration critics who want to tie the issue to the increasing number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Alejandro Mayorkas was grilled by Republicans when he appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Many Americans think it's crazy to give taxpayer-funded payments to illegal immigrants in the middle of a border crisis.
The Department of Justice is handling the negotiations and Mayorkas referred questions from the senators to them.
The zero-tolerance policy of the Trump administration resulted in the separation of about 5,500 children from their parents.
In June of last year, Trump halted the practice just six days before a judge ordered an end to the program in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.
The Biden administration is trying to get some of the families together. There are many parents who were separated from their children and still haven't been found.
When The Wall Street Journal reported in October that the Justice Department was considering paying about $450,000 to each person affected, the settlement talks had been going on quietly for months. The figure had been under consideration.
Settlement talks have included discussion of giving the families legal U.S. residency and providing counseling services.
Biden said a payment of about $450,000 per person was not going to happen when he was asked about the amount. He said he supported a settlement without specifying an amount.
You lost your child if you came across the border legally or illegally, because of the outrageous behavior of the last administration. Biden said that you deserve some kind of compensation no matter what. I don't know what that will be. I don't know.
The amount of the settlement and legal status of the families misses the point according to migrant advocates. Conchita Cruz, co-executive director of the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, said that the issue was whether the country was okay with ripping babies out of their parents.
Critics claim that many of the separated families were not entering the country illegally because they were presenting themselves to authorities to seek asylum, but Gelernt noted in the call that this was not the case. Even non-citizens can file a lawsuit against the U.S. government.
He said that lawyers always settle cases because it's in their financial interest.
The advocates gave a sense of what a trial might look like, and brought a woman to the call who had her son taken from her as she sought asylum. She said the boy showed signs of psychological trauma after being separated for 2 1/2 years.
She said that they live in fear of being separated a day after being together. I could not imagine living through this again.
New measures that restrict how race is addressed in classrooms have caused confusion and anxiety among many educators, who have begun pulling books and canceling lessons for fear of being punished.
How much is your child worth? What if the U.S. government kidnapped your child? If you and your child both suffered years of trauma because of the separation, what would you do? Would you go away for a cash settlement of $450,000 if you contemplated suicide? Too low? You might find the whole question offensive. A lot of Americans are upset by media reports.
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Thursday that will give federal service contract workers the right of first refusal when a contract is changed. When a federal service contract is transferred from one contractor to another, employees from the previous contract who performed their jobs well must be offered the opportunity to keep their job working for the new contractor. The White House said the order will reduce turnover among workers who support federal operations.
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In the wake of the "horrific" rape and murder of a pensioner, it was urged that the proposals to allow violent criminals to be released from prison after serving a third of their sentence be dropped.
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The US is the only advanced country with a bigger economy. Thank you for spending a year and a half.
A new caravan of about 3,000 migrants from Haiti and Central America set off on foot from southern Mexico on Thursday, chanting "freedom!" as they headed north towards the U.S.-Mexico border. Many of the migrants are hoping to catch up with another group of migrants in the state of Veracruz. The leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada met on Thursday for the first time in five years to discuss immigration and other key issues.
Some of the Haitian migrants who were on the rickety sailboat that washed up in the Upper Florida Keys said they came from Haiti.
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A lawyer for Andrew Cuomo called on New York state Attorney General Letitia James to step down from the sexual harassment case against the former governor because of her campaign ties. Cuomo's lawyer said that James's campaign announcement should be taken into account because she is campaigning for governor. She was compromised by her political motives when she made a report about Cuomo's sexual harassment of women.
In an interview with Politico published Wednesday, Sinema criticized Democratic leadership for making false promises by setting expectations for the social spending bill and other legislation far too high.
I have $80,000 in student loan debt. Do you need help with student loans? A lot of students have enjoyed a pause on their federal student loans because of the coronaviruses relief package, but the end is near.
A new migrant caravan left the southern Mexican city of Tapachula on Thursday as Mexico's President opened talks with his North American counterparts in Washington. Lpez Obrador hoped to convey the need to address the region's migration in his meeting with President Joe Biden.
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