
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As part of the president&#8217;s continued crackdown on illegal migrants in the US, the Trump administration has started issuing fines of nearly $1000 per day for each day a migrant who has been deported remains on US soil.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to Reuters, the first outlet to report on the plan, the fines, which start at 998.00 per day, can go up to a maximum of $1.8 million per individual who fails to leave the United States for up to five years once so ordered by an immigration judge. The reports said that the administration would be in a position to seize their property or any assets the deportee may have to cover the fines. ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So far, according to Reuters, the Trump administration has issued notices to 4,500 migrants with penalties totaling more than $500 million, which includes those who have received the maximum penalty of $1.8 million.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">At least some individuals have been told they can have 30 days to contest the fine and can request an interview, and present evidence that they are in the country legally, but they may run the risk of further exposing themselves to being detained or disappeared without due process if they engage further with immigration authorities. ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The fine stems from a rarely used provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, which allows the federal government to financially penalize individuals who fail to comply with deportation orders. The section of the law was revived during the Trump administration, which instructed ICE to begin issuing civil fines to undocumented immigrants who ignored removal orders.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The law states undocumented migrants &#8220;shall pay a civil penalty of not more than $500 (adjusted for inflation) to the Commissioner for each day the alien is in violation of this section.&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The fines come as the administration has also been incentivizing illegals to “self-deport.” Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced a campaign to warn undocumented immigrants to leave the country willingly or face deportation.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“President Trump has a clear message: if you are here illegally, we will find you and deport you,” Noem said. “You will never return. But if you leave now, you may have an opportunity to return and enjoy our freedom and live the American Dream.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Immigration officials have also used a tool known as the CBP One app to allow individuals living in the US illegally to self-deport. Those who choose to leave voluntarily may avoid civil fines and could be exempt from penalties that would bar them from returning to the United States in the future.</p>

Trump Admin Levies $500 Million in Fines on Migrants Who Fail to Leave
