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Feds to fine immigrants $18K to recoup expenses
The policy would hit tens of thousands of migrants and could impose fines averaging about $998 per day, officials said.
- The Trump administration is preparing to fine tens of thousands of migrants for the cost of arresting, detaining, and deporting them under a new policy aimed at discouraging illegal residency.
- Federal officials are proposing to raise fines from $5,130 to $18,000 after assessing estimates to track down, arrest, detain, and deport a single person.
- More than 23,000 people annually will face the new $18,000 fines, specifically those ordered "removed in absentia," meaning they received final deportation orders after missing court hearings.
- Immigration advocacy groups say the policy aims to "terrify" people, while White House officials state the fines are intended to encourage migrants to voluntarily self-deport.
- Last year, immigration judges ordered more than 300,000 removals, yet Department of Homeland Security officials acknowledge they will likely never collect most of the new $18,000 fines.
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North Platte Nebraska's NewspaperFeds to fine migrants $18K to recoup expenses
The Trump administration is preparing to fine tens of thousands of migrants for the cost of arresting, detaining and deporting them, under a new policy that will also make it harder for them to return legally to the United States.
·Billings, United States
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Feds to fine migrants to recoup deportation expenses
The Trump administration is preparing to fine tens of thousands of migrants for the cost of arresting, detaining and deporting them, under a new policy that will also make it harder for them to return legally to the United States.
·St. Louis, United States
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Omaha World-Herald+14 Reposted by 14 other sources
Feds to fine immigrants $18K to recoup expenses
The Trump administration is preparing to fine tens of thousands of migrants for the cost of arresting, detaining and deporting them, under a new policy that will also make it harder for them to return legally to the United States.
·Omaha, United States
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