What Does the U.S. Owe Separated Families? A Political Quandary Deepens
“G.O.P. lawmakers have continued to push their message. In the Senate, Republicans offered an amendment to disband the task force that Mr. Biden established to identify and reunite the affected families; it failed on a party-line vote. Separately, they introduced legislation to outlaw any payments to migrant families.
More than 150 House Republicans introduced a similar bill but gave theirs a more eye-catching title: the Illegal Immigrant Payoff Prohibition Act of 2021. Conservative politicians across the country criticized Mr. Biden, including Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who called the proposed settlements ‘a slap in the face to every hard-working American.'”