On 11/5/2021, White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who had said 11/4/2021 that Biden is “perfectly comfortable” with payments being issued to those impacted by the Trump-era immigration policies, dodged questions from Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy about taxpayer-funded payments to “people who broke the law to come here.”
“I am telling you that this is in litigation and, so, you have to talk to the Department of Justice about this,” Jean-Pierre said. “This is not something that I can speak to from here on the particulars, on the specifics.”
“Why we’re in this place we are today is because we had an administration that had an..” Jean-Pierre said, referencing President Trump’s immigration policies and the separation of families at the border that occurred. Peter was told once more to “go to the Department of Justice to get the particulars,” Doocy asked Jean-Pierre whether Biden was “being kept out of the loop” on immigration policies put forth by his administration. She would not answer specifically and claimed the president responded to a “direct question” from Doocy earlier this week when the president said the report on $450,000 payments to individuals was “garbage” and “not gonna happen.”
Asked wheter the administration might also give money to people “who are coming here the right way,” Jean-Pierre asked, “Why would we be giving people who are coming here the right way money?” “Why are you giving people who came here the wrong way money,” Doocy responded. Jean-Pierre said she did not “understand the question” and directed Doocy to the DOJ for further response.
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