Joe Biden Backs Compensation To Families Separated At Border In Trump Era
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Under a "zero tolerance" policy announced in 2018, the then Trump administration had vowed to step up criminal prosecution of people caught entering the US illegally.
US President Joe Biden said Saturday he supported compensation for families of immigrants separated from their children at the Mexican border under the "zero tolerance" policy of Donald Trump.
"If, in fact, because of the outrageous behavior of the last administration you, coming across the border, whether it was legal or illegal, and you lost your child -- you lost your child, it's gone! -- you deserve some kind of compensation, no matter what the circumstance," he said.
"What that will be, I have no idea," he said.
Biden was speaking at the White House while taking questions after remarks about the passage Friday of his big infrastructure plan.
