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According [to] a report from Reuters, in the past few weeks, the Trump administration has started issuing monetary fines to migrants who fail to leave the United States after a final order of removal (a deportation order) from an immigration judge. The plan was first reported by Reuters in early April, which reported that the administration plans to fine such migrants up to $998 per day if they fail to leave the United States, for up to five years—resulting in a total maximum fine of $1.8 million—and the administration may attempt to seize their property as well.
Wendy Ortiz, a meatpacking plant worker in Pennsylvania, was sent a notice from U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement indicating that she was being fined the maximum amount of $1.8 million, even though she was actively seeking humanitarian protections in immigration court. Another who received the maximum fine is a Mexican woman who has resided in the United States for 25 years.
So far, according to Reuters, the Trump administration has issued notices to 4,500 migrants with penalties totaling more than $500 million, which includes others who have received the maximum penalty of $1.8 million. Some of the people fined include spouses of U.S. citizens who were in the process of regularizing their immigration status. 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.
https://www.epi.org/policywatch/trump-administration-begins-issuing-fines-of-up-to-1-8-million-to-migrants-for-failure-to-depart-the-united-states/
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