Joe Biden vigorously DEFENDS compensation payments to families separated at border but has 'no idea' how much they'll get days after branding reports of $450,000 'garbage' Biden was speaking at a press conference touting the passage of the $1.2trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill when he was asked about the payments Biden was forceful in saying he would try to get payments to those families, criticizing former President Donald Trump's border policy. By Stephen M. Lepore For Dailymail.Com Published: 15:10 GMT, 6 November 2021 | Updated: 15:10 GMT, 6 November 2021 Viewcomments President Joe Biden vigorously defended a plan to send payments to families separated at the southern border Saturday, days after calling a report that the payments were as much as $450,000 'garbage.' Biden was speaking at a press conference touting the passage of the $1.2trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill when he was asked about the payments. Fox News' Peter Doocy said: 'You said last week, that this report about migrant families at the border getting payments was garbage.' Biden interrupted: 'No I didn't say that, let's get it straight, you said everybody coming across the border gets $450,000.' Biden then was forceful in saying he would try to get payments to those families, criticizing former President Donald Trump's border policy. '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.' President Joe Biden vigorously defended a plan to send payments to families separated at the southern border Saturday Just days ago, Biden a report that the payments were as much as $450,000 'garbage.' Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility