WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Rep. Fred Upton, R-Michigan, issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2021: Last Friday, U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, led 75 of his Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra amid reports that the Biden Administration is considering paying $450,000 per person to families who illegally crossed the southern border in 2018. Acco  more