The settlement involves the Texas Agriculture Department . Qualified farmers could receive $ 500 each to settle claims of racial bias . Last week , he showed up in front of a federal courthouse in New York on a mule -- a reference to Civil War-era promises of assistance for freed African-American slaves . Democrats and Republicans have supported paying out the money .
The settlement involves the Texas Agriculture Department . Qualified farmers could receive $ 500 each to settle claims of racial bias . Democrats and Republicans have supported paying out the money .