Biden Dismisses Report of Plans to Pay Immigrants Affected by Trump Border Policies as 'Garbage'

President Joe Biden has dismissed reports of his administration issuing payments to immigrants affected by former President Donald Trump's immigration policies as "garbage."

Biden remarked on the reports during a Q&A session with reporters following his address on the authorization of the COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.

A reporter asked Biden about reports that had said his administration was planning to pay $450,000 to $1,000,000 each to undocumented immigrants who had been separated from their families at the border under the Trump Administration.

"Do you think that that might incentivize more people to come over illegally?" the reporter asked.

"If you guys keep sending that garbage out. Yeah," Biden replied. "But it's not true."

"So it's a garbage report?" the reporter asked.

"Yeah," Biden said. "That's not going to happen."

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President Joe Biden has dismissed reports of his administration issuing payments to immigrants affected by former President Donald Trump's immigration policies as "garbage." In this photo, Biden speaks about the authorization of the Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 at the White House on November 3, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer/Getty

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