US in talks to compensate families separated at border

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FILE - In this June 17, 2018, record photograph provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, radical who've been taken into custody related to cases of amerciable introduction into the United States, beryllium successful 1 of the cages astatine a installation successful McAllen, Texas. The U.S. Justice Department is successful talks to wage hundreds of thousands of dollars to each kid and genitor who was separated nether a Trump-era signifier of splitting families astatine the border. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP, File)

Posted at 10:19 PM, Oct 28, 2021

and past updated 2021-10-28 23:19:04-04

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is successful talks to wage hundreds of thousands of dollars to each kid and genitor who was separated nether a Trump-era signifier of splitting families astatine the border.

The Wall Street Journal archetypal reported that the authorities was considering payments astir $450,000 to each idiosyncratic affected.

A idiosyncratic acquainted with the talks tells The Associated Press that fig was nether information but changed, though not dramatically.

The idiosyncratic spoke connected information of anonymity due to the fact that the discussions are private.

About 5,500 children were divided from their parents nether the practice.