Low -income migrants are fined up to $ 1.8 million by the Trump government
In recent weeks, US President Donald Trump has begun to operationalize a plan to fine migrants who do not leave the US after a final order of deportation, issuing warnings to 4,500 migrants with penalties totaling more than $ 500 million, a Trump senior authority said anonymous to share internal numbers.
Reuters has talked to eight immigration lawyers from all over the country who said its clients were fined in values ranging from several thousand dollars to just over $ 1.8 million.
The recipients of the notifications were informed that they had 30 days to contest, in writing, under oath and evidence that the penalty should not be imposed.
The heavy fines are part of Trump’s aggressive effort to make immigrants who are illegally to leave the country voluntarily, or “deport.”
The Trump government plan, whose details were first reported by Reuters in April, includes $ 998 a day for immigrants who do not leave the US after a deportation order.
The government planned to issue fines retroactively for up to five years, Reuters said. Under this scheme, the maximum value would be $ 1.8 million. The government would then consider the possibility of confiscating the assets of immigrants who could not pay.
