Capito Cosponsors Bill to Block Payouts to Illegal Immigrants

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U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, this week cosponsored legislation to prevent the U.S. Treasury Department from using its Judgment Fund to provide payments to thousands of migrants who entered the country illegally, a move the Biden administration is reportedly considering in the amount of $450,000 per person.

"Under any circumstance, rewarding illegal immigrants with cash handouts is unacceptable, let alone in President Biden's inflation economy when millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet," Senator Capito said. "We've already seen the Biden administration create a border crisis by halting construction of the border wall, ending the effective Remain in Mexico policy, and reversing key asylum restrictions. This mind-boggling new proposal of paying illegal immigrants up to $450,000 each is another backwards move that will further incentivize people to continue breaking our immigration laws in record numbers. We cannot allow this to happen."

The Judgment Fund Accountability Act, authored by U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), calls for an increase in transparency and oversight of the U.S. Treasury Department's Judgment Fund. More broadly, it would provide members of Congress and hardworking Americans with the ability to see exactly how taxpayer dollars are being spent out of this fund.

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