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Trump admin sues woman who failed to self-deport for nearly $1 million

The Trump administration enforces a 1996 law with nearly $1 million in fines for a woman who willfully failed to leave the U.S. after a 2019 deportation order.

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The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit seeking nearly $1 million in fines from an undocumented immigrant accused of remaining in the United States after receiving a deportation order. According to federal officials, Marta Alicia Ramirez Veliz of Chesterfield County, Virginia, did not depart the country after an immigration appeals board ruled against her in 2022. As of April 2025, the government claims she owes $941,114 in accumulated fines and interest.

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Los Angeles (USA), Jan. 29 (EFE).- President Donald Trump's government has sued a Hispanic woman for not complying with a final deportation order and demanded her to pay a fine of about one million dollars, one of the highest known charges so far imposed to force immigrants to leave the country. The civil lawsuit shared by the specialized political media requires Marta Alicia Ramírez Veliz to pay $941,114 more interest for allegedly not leaving …

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Politico broke the news in on Thursday, January 29, 2026.
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