The Trump administration is working hard to convince illegal aliens to leave the U.S. on their own terms, promising enticing benefits if they cooperate — and threatening serious consequences if they do not.
A Department of Homeland Security memo released late last month warned illegal aliens that failure to leave will result, among other things, in some serious fines. For instance, those who ignore a final removal order will be fined “$998 per day,” while those who reneged on a promise to self-deport will be fined between $1,000 and $5,000.
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Hardlythebrainchildofright-wingradicalsintheTrumpadministration,thesefinesareactuallybasedonalawpassedin1996underPresidentBillClintonandaDemocrat-controlledSenate.PerhapsattemptingtoobscuretheDemocratictiestothelaw,Reutersdescribeditas“rarelyused.”
Reutersaddedthatsincethesefinescouldbeappliedretroactivelyforuptofiveyears,someillegalalienscouldrackupfinestopping$1million,resultinginassetseizuresandothermeansofcollection.TheleftistoutletthensuggestedthatsuchconsequenceswouldlikelyharmtheU.S.citizensandperm
