Trump plans to fine migrants $998 a day for failing to leave after deportation order
- The Trump administration plans to impose fines of up to $998 a day on migrants who fail to leave after deportation orders, based on documents reviewed by Reuters.
- The proposed fines are intended to impact around 1.4 million migrants ordered removed by an immigration judge and may reach over $1 million retroactively.
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin stated that migrants must self-deport using the app formerly known as CBP One to avoid fines.
- Critics argue this approach aims to instill fear in communities rather than enforce immigration law, as highlighted by Scott Shuchart, a former ICE policy official under Biden.
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Migrants Told to Self-Deport or Pay Hefty Fines - Liberty Nation News
By Kelli Ballard Migrants are receiving another warning from President Donald Trump’s administration: “self-deport and leave the country now” or stay and risk hefty fines and confiscation of property. The president is utilizing a 1996 law — §1324d. Civil penalties for failure to depart — that allows the government to impose a daily fine on illegal immigrants who […]

Trump admin fining illegal border crossers who don’t self deport $1k a day
(The Center Square) – The Trump administration is forging ahead with a range of border security efforts, including implementing penalties for those in the U.S. illegally who don’t self deport and expanding detention facility capacity for those being apprehended.
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